The Wodrow Society, established in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
in 1841, was a society 'for the publication of the works of the fathers and early writers of the
Reformed Church of Scotland'.
The society, established in May 1841,
was named after
Robert Wodrow
Robert Wodrow (167921 March 1734) was a Scotland, Scottish minister and historian, known as a chronicler and defender of the Covenanters. Robert Wodrow was born at Glasgow, where his father, James Wodrow, was a Professor of Divinity (Glasgow), pr ...
, the historian of the
Covenanters
Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. It originated in disputes with James VI and his son ...
. It ceased to publish in 1851.
Publications
*
James Melville,
The Autobiography and Diary of Mr. James Melvill, Minister of Kilrenny, in Fife, and Professor of Theology in the University of St Andrews, with a Continuation of the Diary', edited by Robert Pitcairn, 1842
*
John Row,
The History of the Kirk of Scotland, from the year 1558 to August 1637: With a continuation to July 1639', 1842
*
David Calderwood, ''The History of the Kirk of Scotland'', 1842-49.
volume onevolume twovolume threevolume fourvolume fivevolume sixvolume seven**volume eight
*
David Laing, ed., ''The Miscellany of the Wodrow Society, containing tracts and original letters chiefly relating to the ecclesiastical affairs of Scotland during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries'', 1844
volume one*
Robert Rollock
Robert Rollock (c. 15558 or 9 February 1599) was a Scottish theologian and minister in the Church of Scotland, and the first regent and first principal of the University of Edinburgh. Born into a noble family, he distinguished himself dur ...
, ''Select Works of Robert Rollock'', ed. William Maxwell Gunn, 1844
volume onevolume two*
William King Tweedie, ed., ''Select Biographies'', 1845
volume onevolume two*
John Knox
John Knox ( – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the founder of the Church of Scotland.
Born in Giffordgate, a street in Haddington, East Lot ...
, ''History of the Reformation... within... Scotland'', ed.
David Laing, 2 vols., 1848
* William Row,
The Life of Mr. Robert Blair, Minister of St. Andrews, containing his autobiography, from 1593-1636; with supplement of his life and continuation of the history of the times, to 1680', ed.
Thomas M'Crie, 1848
*
Charles Ferme,
A logical analysis of the Epistle of Paul to the Romans', translated from the Latin by William Skae, ed.
William Lindsay Alexander, 1850
References
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