Melville Divinity Hall
SH502 · 3 credits · Graduate

The Covenanters: National Covenant, Solemn League and Covenant, and the Killing Times

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The Second Reformation (1638-1650), the Covenants as national oaths, the persecution after the Restoration, the Revolution Settlement and the Reformed Presbyterian remnant. Students read the Covenants themselves and the Covenanter case for civil and religious liberty.

These lists, taken from the school's verified research, are studied on your own at your own pace. The school's own classes, written as full teaching, open one at a time.

How to begin

  1. Enroll with a free account so the school keeps your place.
  2. Open the first class, lecture or reading and follow the order of the syllabus.
  3. Mark each lecture, reading and assignment complete when you finish it.
  4. Choose a weekly study goal to see when you will finish.

Syllabus

  1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

    • The Covenants and Covenanters Rev. David Silversides 1 h 14 min 10 s Open source Doctrinal Loughbrickland Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPC of Ireland) / SermonAudio Intramural within the Scottish stream: both hold the 1647 text of WCF 23, but Reformed Presbyterians add political dissent from uncovenanted constitutions, which the Free Church tradition (Cunningham, Bannerman, Moncreiff, FP Magazine) rejects. Present both as confessional options under the 1647 text in the Headship...
    • Thanksgiving for the Covenanters' Testimony upon their Ejection in 1662 Rev. John J. Murray 49 min 32 s Open source Doctrinal Partick Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), West End Glasgow / SermonAudio; listed by the Scottish Reformation Society as 'The testimony of the Covenanters'
    • 350th Anniversary of the Covenanter Ministers' Ejection from their Ministry Rev. Gavin Beers 1 h 9 min 42 s Open source Doctrinal Partick Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), West End Glasgow / SermonAudio; listed by the Scottish Reformation Society as 'The Kingship of Christ' Intramural within the Scottish stream: both hold the 1647 text of WCF 23, but Reformed Presbyterians add political dissent from uncovenanted constitutions, which the Free Church tradition (Cunningham, Bannerman, Moncreiff, FP Magazine) rejects. Present both as confessional options under the 1647 text in the Headship...
    • John Knox, the Scottish Covenanters, and the Westminster Assembly, parts 1/3 and 2/3 (History Notes on Presbyterianism, Reformation and Theology) Dr. C. Gregg Singer Part 1: 51 min 55 s; Part 2: 46 min 9 s Open source Supplementary Still Waters Revival Books (Edmonton) / SermonAudio Broadcaster is a dissenting ('Steelite') Covenanter publisher; the speaker's own denominational standing was not verified online in this session. Keep as supplementary; confirm Singer's standing before publishing; add a host disclaimer.
    • History of the Reformation series: 'The Scottish Covenanters', parts 1-5 Joe Morecraft III 5 lectures: 1 h 9 min 27 s; 56 min 41 s; 52 min 31 s; 1 h 3 min 42 s; 1 h 2 min 23 s Open source Supplementary Heritage Presbyterian Church (RPCUS) / SermonAudio Westminster-subscribing (RPCUS) but teaches a theonomic reading of the civil magistrate and the judicial law, which goes beyond WCF 19.4 ('general equity') and the 1647 text of 23.3 as read by the Scottish churches. Keep as supplementary narrative history only (Knox, Covenanters, Westminster Divines units); do not...

    Total: 5.2 hours

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