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Church History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the institutional history of the church

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Rubbings of the Xi'an Stele

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-2105
Content Description

Rubbings of the Xi'an Stele (also known as the "Nestorian Stele"), a memorial stone erected in 718 AD in northwest China, to commemorate the presence of the Nestorian Christian Church in the area at the time. The whole stele is nearly three metres tall, with text in both Chinese and Syriac. The heading translates as "Memorial of the Propagation in China of the Luminous Religion from Daqin [Rome]".


Rubbings of the heading and of the body of the text.

Dates: 19th century[?]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Section I. Documents of Scottish literature and history, 15th century-18th century

 Series
Identifier: La.I
Scope and Contents Documents of Scottish literature and history constitute Section I of the Laing Collection with shelfmarks La.I. The collection contains historical documents and royal letters from the time of King James III to the Union of Scotland with England in 1707. There are documents with original autograph signatures or holograph documents by various statesmen and noblemen, and papers relating to, and letters by, ecclesiastical persons. This Section also defines a band of material including papers,...
Dates: 15th century-18th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Laing Collection

Story about [John] MacAulay, minister, Lismore, August 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/35
Scope and Contents

Story probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about [John MacAulay], minister on Lismore [Lios Mòr], that he did not tell his congregation that he was leaving until the last Sunday saying that if three men rose and asked him to stay he would. One elder responded with 'Leigidh sinn an t-eurbal leis a chraicionn' [We'll leave the tail with the skin].

Dates: August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

The Chalmers Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: MS CHA
Dates: 1762 - 1980
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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