Torwood Excommunication of 1680

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The Torwood Excommunication of 1680 was a radical Covenanter act in which minister Donald Cargill publicly excommunicated King Charles II and several leading officials for persecuting Scottish Presbyterians.

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instanceOf Covenanter event
historical event
religious excommunication
declaredPenalty excommunication
spiritual separation from the church
directedAgainst Charles II of England
Charles II of Scotland
James, Duke of Monmouth
James, Duke of York
linked to: Duke of York

John, Duke of Lauderdale
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
Sir Robert Grierson of Lag
Sir Thomas Dalziel of Binns
hasCentury 17th century
hasCharacterization radical Covenanter act
hasConsequence heightened tension between Covenanters and the Crown
increased government hostility to radical Covenanters
hasCountry Scotland
hasDate 1680
hasDoctrinalClaim Christ alone is head of the Church
hasForm formal ecclesiastical censure
public proclamation
hasHistoricalContext Covenanter persecution
Killing Times in Scotland
hasLanguage English
Scots
hasLegacy important episode in Scottish church history
symbol of uncompromising Presbyterian resistance
hasLocation Torwood
hasMainActor Donald Cargill
hasOpposedAuthority Stuart royal authority
hasOpposedDoctrine Erastianism
royal supremacy in ecclesiastical matters
hasOpposedPolicy Restoration religious settlement
hasPoliticalContext Stuart monarchy
linked to: Stuart period
hasReligiousContext Scottish Presbyterianism
hasReligiousMovement Covenanters
linked to: Covenanter movement
hasSubject church discipline
religious liberty
royal legitimacy
hasTheologicalBasis Reformed Presbyterian doctrine
isPartOf Covenanter resistance to Charles II
isRelatedEvent Sanquhar Declaration
motivatedBy opposition to royal supremacy over the church
persecution of Scottish Presbyterians
performedBy Donald Cargill
recordedIn Covenanter histories

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Donald Cargill significantEvent Torwood Excommunication of 1680