1. Ebenezer Erskine was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church.
11 Facts About Ebenezer Erskine
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In 1703, after studying at the University of Edinburgh, Ebenezer Erskine was ordained as minister of Portmoak, on the edges of Loch Leven in Kinross-shire.
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At the General Assembly of 1722, a group of men including Ebenezer Erskine had been rebuked and admonished for defending the doctrines contained in the book The Marrow of Modern Divinity.
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Ebenezer Erskine was compelled to defend himself from rebuke by appealing to the General Assembly, but the Assembly supported his accusers.
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Ebenezer Erskine joined with the "burgher" section, becoming their professor of theology.
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Ebenezer Erskine continued to preach to a large and influential congregation in Stirling until his death.
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Ebenezer Erskine was a very popular preacher and a man of considerable force of character.
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Ebenezer Erskine was noted for acting on principle with honesty and courage.
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Ebenezer Erskine's teachings are popular in the Dutch Reformed Church.
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Ebenezer Erskine's son-in-law Rev Robert Fisher, married to his daughter Jean, was a minister in Glasgow.
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Ebenezer Erskine was Initiated in the Dunfermline Lodge of Free Gardeners in 1722 the same year as his patron, John Leslie, 8th Earl of Rothes.