Christ's Headship, the Two Kingdoms and Church and State in Scotland
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From Melville's two kings and two kingdoms to Rutherford's Lex Rex and the Free Church doctrine of spiritual independence. The establishment principle and Covenanter dissent are each taught from their own best advocates as options under the 1647 text of WCF 23, and the student states each case fairly.
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
- Enroll with a free account so the school keeps your place.
- Open the first class, lecture or reading and follow the order of the syllabus.
- Mark each lecture, reading and assignment complete when you finish it.
- Choose a weekly study goal to see when you will finish.
Syllabus
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Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.
- 350th Anniversary of the Covenanter Ministers' Ejection from their Ministry (listed by the Scottish Reformation Society as 'The Kingship of Christ') Rev. Gavin Beers 1 h 9 min 42 s Open source Doctrinal Partick Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) / 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...
- 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...
- Westminster and Theonomy Rev. David Silversides 1 h 16 min 16 s Open source Supplementary 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...
- Christian Liberty (Galatians 5:1) Prof. Donald Macleod (Free Church of Scotland) 1 h 20 min 31 s Open source Supplementary Free Church of Scotland (Free Church Legacy audio archive)
Total: 5 hours