Presbyterianism
What kind of society does Presbyterianism hope for in the modern age? The Church of England called for corporate repentance but Scottish Presbyterians resisted this as they were individualistic in outlook. Their vision was the individual armed with the Bible and faith, each working out his or her own salvation. Throw in good works for the Common Good and salvation has a social dimension. The Presbyterian Church was right wing in stance and was outraged when the United Free Church report of 1917 criticized economic individualism and favoured Christian Socialism. At the time John White a Presbyterian moderator held that the Church should not criticise the state but should relieve unemployment through charity. In the 1920s the …show more content…
He fought in the First World War as an officer and was awarded the Military Cross. When attending a Russian Orthodox Easter service in Jerusalem he became aware of the communal nature of the church service and developed a concern with poverty in Scotland. From that time for Mc Leod Scottish Individualistic Presbyterian piety was dead. He announced to a bewildered congregation in Govan that a new society must be born. He proclaimed daily worship, liturgical prayer and frequent communion. He proclaimed that there was a Scottish Celtic basis for this new form of Christianity. Traditional Presbyterians were …show more content…
He promoted Presbyterianism as democratic Christianity and opposed injustice and inequality. By the 1950s IONA had 140 full members and thousands of followers. It was not until the 1960, despite Mc Leod’s objection that women were allowed into the IONA community.
IONA has continued and prospered. People come there from all over the world. 200,000 people travelled there in 1997. At that time it had over 200 full time members. The first task of IONA was the building of a community in a world marked by injustice, division and isolation. IONA arose out of Christian Socialism and continues it. It was however suspect by some Presbyterians as being Romeish, Anglophile and socialist but what began as Presbyterian now includes Roman Catholics Anglicans and Protestants and is now a renewal movement of the whole Church. IONA is incarnation in tradition.
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What kind of society does Presbyterianism hope for in the modern age? The Church of England called for corporate repentance but Scottish Presbyterians resisted this as they were individualistic in outlook. Their vision was the individual armed with the Bible and faith, each working out his or her own salvation. Throw in good works for the Common Good and salvation has a social dimension. The Presbyterian Church was right wing in stance and was outraged when the United Free Church report of 1917 criticized economic individualism and favoured Christian Socialism. At the time John White a Presbyterian moderator held that the Church should not criticise the state but should relieve unemployment through charity. In the 1920s the …show more content…
He fought in the First World War as an officer and was awarded the Military Cross. When attending a Russian Orthodox Easter service in Jerusalem he became aware of the communal nature of the church service and developed a concern with poverty in Scotland. From that time for Mc Leod Scottish Individualistic Presbyterian piety was dead. He announced to a bewildered congregation in Govan that a new society must be born. He proclaimed daily worship, liturgical prayer and frequent communion. He proclaimed that there was a Scottish Celtic basis for this new form of Christianity. Traditional Presbyterians were …show more content…
He promoted Presbyterianism as democratic Christianity and opposed injustice and inequality. By the 1950s IONA had 140 full members and thousands of followers. It was not until the 1960, despite Mc Leod’s objection that women were allowed into the IONA community.
IONA has continued and prospered. People come there from all over the world. 200,000 people travelled there in 1997. At that time it had over 200 full time members. The first task of IONA was the building of a community in a world marked by injustice, division and isolation. IONA arose out of Christian Socialism and continues it. It was however suspect by some Presbyterians as being Romeish, Anglophile and socialist but what began as Presbyterian now includes Roman Catholics Anglicans and Protestants and is now a renewal movement of the whole Church. IONA is incarnation in tradition.
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