The Makers of the Kirk

Ratcliffe Barnet's popular history of the Scottish Church (the Kirk) is told through the lives of the men and women(Chapter XXI - The Women who served and suffered) who shaped it. Rather than a strictly academic study, Barnett presents the story of the Kirk through biographical sketches of influential religious figures, showing how their lives, beliefs, and struggles influenced the development of Scottish Christianity and Presbyterianism.

 

The Makers of the Kirk is a readable early-20th-century narrative history that explains the growth of the Scottish Church through the lives of its most influential figures—from early Celtic missionaries to the Reformers who established the Presbyterian Kirk.

 

List of Contents:

I. St. Ringan - and his little white House of God

II. St Columba - and his Dove's Nest on a Hebrid Isle

III. The Iconic Monks of Lindisfarne - and the blood stained Sands of Hy

IV. The Culdees - Ghillies of God in a Dark Age

V. St Margaret - Queen of Hearts and Queen of Scots

VI. David - the Cathedral Builder who was a Sair Sanct

VII. The Monks - and their tranquil Homes of Prayer

VIII. The Monks - and how they stained the White Ideal

IX. Patrick Hamilton - The first Martyr of the Reformation

X. George Wishart - his Burning and the price the Cardinal paid for it

XI. John Knox - the Great Reformer of the Kirk, who made siccar

XII. George Buchanan - a Prince of Scholars and his Royal Pupils

XIII. Andrew Melville - the perfervid Scot who denied the Divine Right of the Kings

XIV. Alexander Henderson - Maker of Covenants and Captain of the Kirk

XV. Charles II - The Merry Monarch who spilled the blood of the Covenant

XVI. King's Men of the Killing Time

XVII. James Sharp - and his waesome Murder on the moor

XVIII. Bars of Conscience and Bonds of Faith

XIX. The Martyr-Men - A Marquis: a country Carrier and a Herd Boy

XX. The Preachers of the Covenant - and the price they paid for their Sermons

XXI. The Women - who served and suffered

XXII. Battles of the Blue Banner - Rullion Green: Drumclog: Bothwell Brig

XXIII. William Carstares - the Diplomat o f the Kirk as by Law Established

XXIV. Tomas Boston of Ettrick - and the Marrowmen

XXV. The Erskines and the Story of the Succession

XXVI. The Breach and After - a puzzle page in the history of the Kirk

XXVII. Jupiter Carlyle - and his friends the Moderates

XXVIII. Thomas Chalmers - and the Disruption of the Kirk

XXIX. Norman Macleod - The Minister of all Scotland

XXX. Yesterday: To-day: and To-morrow

Thomas Ratcliffe Barnett (1868-1946)was born in the weaving village of Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire.

 

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