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Presbyterian Church of Scotland
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Church_of_Scotland
gptkbp:annualEvent
gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkbp:class
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crest
gptkb:Westminster_Confession_of_Faith
gptkbp:founded
1560
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:John_Knox
gptkbp:governingBody
gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:United_Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland
gptkb:Free_Church_of_Scotland
gptkb:Church_of_Scotland_Guild
Presbyterianism worldwide
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Scottish_Reformation
gptkb:Calvinism
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Scots_Gaelic
English
gptkbp:membership
approximately 325,000 (as of 2022)
gptkbp:motto
Nec tamen consumebatur (Yet it was not consumed)
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:St_Andrew's_Church,_Jerusalem
gptkb:St_Andrew's_Church,_Rome
gptkb:St_Giles'_Cathedral
gptkb:Greyfriars_Kirk
gptkb:Assembly_Hall,_Edinburgh
gptkb:St_Columba's_Church,_London
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Scottish_Reformation
gptkbp:notableLeader
gptkb:John_Knox
gptkb:Thomas_Chalmers
gptkb:Archibald_Campbell_Tait
Very Rev Dr Iain Greenshields (Moderator, 2022-2023)
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:Church_Hymnary
gptkb:Life_and_Work_(magazine)
gptkb:The_Book_of_Common_Order
gptkb:Westminster_Confession_of_Faith
gptkbp:officialWebsite
https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/
gptkbp:ordinationOfLGBT
Yes (since 2016 for ministers in civil partnerships, since 2022 for same-sex marriage)
gptkbp:ordinationOfWomen
Yes
gptkbp:policy
Presbyterian
gptkbp:relatedOrganization
gptkb:World_Council_of_Churches
gptkb:World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches
gptkb:Action_of_Churches_Together_in_Scotland
gptkb:Churches_Together_in_Britain_and_Ireland
gptkbp:scripture
gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:symbol
gptkb:Burning_bush
gptkbp:theology
Reformed
gptkbp:worshipStyle
Liturgical
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Presbyterian_Church_of_Australia
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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