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United Free Church of Scotland
Quick Facts
- Date:
- 1900 - 1929
- Areas Of Involvement:
- Christianity
- Reformed and Presbyterian churches
United Free Church of Scotland, Presbyterian church formed in 1900 as the result of the union between the Free Church of Scotland and the United Presbyterian Church (qq.v.). A series of unanimous decisions brought the United Presbyterian Church into the union. In the Free Church, however, a small minority strongly opposed union. They claimed to be the authentic Free Church and engaged in legal action to have their position and their sole right to the property of the Free Church recognized and declared. In the Scottish courts in 1901 and 1902, the verdict was unanimously against the claim and for ...(100 of 262 words)