Samuel Rutherford

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Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Covenanter
Presbyterian minister
human
political philosopher
theologian
advocated Christ’s headship over the church
covenantal obligations between rulers and people
burialPlace St Andrews
surface form: St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
dateOfBirth circa 1600
dateOfDeath 1661-03-30
denomination Church of Scotland
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Rutherford
fieldOfWork ecclesiology
political theory
theology
genre political treatise
religious letters
theological treatise
givenName Samuel
influenced Scottish Covenanters
later Reformed political thought
influencedBy John Calvin
Reformed scholasticism
knownFor defense of Presbyterian church government
doctrine of limited monarchy
opposition to absolute royal authority in the church
languageOfWorkOrName English
Scots
movement Covenanter movement
notableWork Letters of Samuel Rutherford
Lex, Rex
opposedTo Erastianism
episcopal church government
participantIn Covenanter movement
Westminster Assembly
placeOfBirth Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
placeOfDeath St Andrews
surface form: St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
positionHeld Minister of Anwoth
Principal of St Mary’s College, St Andrews
Professor of Divinity at the University of St Andrews
religion Presbyterianism
theologicalTradition Reformed theology
workLocation Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire
St Andrews
surface form: St Andrews, Fife

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Scottish Covenanters notableMember Samuel Rutherford