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Church History

 Subject

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

Found in 38 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literature and history constitute Section I of the Laing Collection with shelfmarks La.I. The collection contains historical documents and royal letters from the time of King James III to the Union of Scotland with England in 1707.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

Sermons and lectures of Rev Prof Patrick Cumin or Cuming (1695-1776)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS CUM 1
Scope and Contents MS CUM 1.1.1-1.1.6Six volumes of lectures given by Rev. Professor Patrick Cumin or Cuming on Church History at the University of Edinburgh beginning in 1738. The lectures are written in Latin.Volumes are bound in vellum and written in at least two different hands. The first volume has a letter pasted into the front inside cover addressing the Librarian for the Theological Library, University of Edinburgh. The letter is from W.A. MacNaughton, M.D., D.P.H,...
Dates: 1738-1752; 16 November 1923
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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

Typescript by John Findlater, Methodist minister, Leith

 Fonds
Identifier: MS FIN 1
Scope and Contents Typescript manuscript of John Findlater, Methodist minister, Leith. Fl.1906 - 1913.Manuscript titled "The Missionary Movement: Its Rise, Progress, and Prospects." Created c.1909, with several former shelfmarks and the author's name inscribed inside. Notes on 'The Great Commission' loosely inserted after page 232. Typescript frequently annotated with pencil, with printed biblical passages pasted in. Ammendments are mostly small, but occasionally whole paragraphs are marked for...
Dates: c.1909
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Typescript of ‘Christian stalwarts’ by William H Clark

 Fonds
Identifier: MS CLA 2
Scope and Contents

Typescript short studies on 'Christian stalwarts' such as Peter Waldo (c.1170), John Hus (1369-1415), Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498), Martin Luther (1483-1546), John Calvin (1509-1564), Wycliffe, Tyndale, Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley, John Knox (c. 1510-1572), Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), John Wesley (1703-1791), David Livingstone (1813-1873), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960). Written by William H. Clark.

Dates: 1972
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Visitors’ book for Lady Glenorchy’s (South) Church, Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: MS GLE 2
Scope and Contents

Lady Glenorchy's Parish visitors' book, 1909. 12 pages in use, the remaining pages are blank. The first two pages commemorate the laying of the foundation stone of the new church and halls, 22 May 1909. Invitations and adverts for the event are laid in.

Dates: 1909
Found in: New College Library Special Collections