# Review This was the most interesting book I read in February. I'm a history fan, and I know a bit about the history of the church in Scotland during the 16th and 17th centuries, however, I know very little about the 18th and 19th centuries. This book focused how two major branches of Seceder Presbyterianism in Scotland in the 19th century, the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church, saw gradual decline in their adherence to the doctrines of the Westminster Confession of Faith (1647) and even basic tenets of Calvinistic soteriology. These are great examples of how a church can lose sight of the truth and become something far worse than was originally thought at the first signs of compromise. For someone interested in Presbyterian history, I highly recommend this book. Be warned, though, it can be fairly dense at times and there are lots of names and dates mentioned. At the beginning of each chapter, there is a timeline of events with year numbers that I found very helpful, as some chapters do overlap chronologically. # Data ![[2024 Book Reading List#^7703fa]] #books #churchgovernment