Queensferry Paper

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Queensferry Paper is a 17th-century Scottish Covenanter manifesto associated with the Cameronian movement, outlining radical Presbyterian principles and opposition to royal interference in the church.

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Queensferry Paper canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century document
Covenanter manifesto
religious manifesto
associatedWith Cameronians
Richard Cameron
Scottish Covenanters
circulation manuscript
countryOfOrigin Scotland
doctrine Presbyterian church government
covenant theology
fieldOfWork Reformed theology
Scottish church history
genre politico-religious tract
historicalContext persecution of Covenanters under the Stuart monarchy
the Killing Times in Scotland
linked to: Pentland Rising
ideology Covenanter radicalism
radical Presbyterianism
influencedBy National Covenant of 1638
linked to: National Covenant

Solemn League and Covenant
language English
Scots
mainSubject opposition to royal interference in the church
radical Presbyterian principles
movement Cameronian movement
opposedTo Episcopalian church governance in Scotland
royal supremacy in religion
state control of the church
positionHeld rejection of Erastianism
rejection of royal supremacy in ecclesiastical affairs
support for Christ’s headship over the church
support for strict Covenanter principles
purpose to articulate Cameronian principles
to justify resistance to royal religious policy
region Queensferry, Scotland
linked to: Queensferry
religiousTradition Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian

Scottish Covenanter tradition
significance important source for understanding radical Covenanter ideology
key statement of early Cameronian views
theologicalEmphasis Christ’s exclusive kingship over the church
binding obligation of the covenants on Scotland
timePeriod late 17th century

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Cameronian movement hasNotableDocument Queensferry Paper
Donald Cargill authorOf Queensferry Paper
Sanquhar Declaration followedBy Queensferry Paper
United Societies usedDocument Queensferry Paper