Veto Act controversy

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The Veto Act controversy was a major early 19th-century dispute within the Church of Scotland over state interference in the appointment of ministers, which helped trigger the events leading to the Disruption of 1843.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church–state conflict
controversy in the Church of Scotland
ecclesiastical controversy
historical event
chronologicalRelation immediately precedes the Disruption of 1843
conflictWith civil courts of Scotland
parliamentary control over church affairs
country Scotland
describedIn histories of the Church of Scotland
studies of church–state relations in Britain
fieldOfStudy British constitutional history
Scottish church history
history of Presbyterianism
followedBy secession of ministers and congregations in 1843
hasCause patronage system in the Church of Scotland
state interference in the appointment of ministers
hasEffect Disruption of 1843 NERFINISHED
formation of the Free Church of Scotland
hasKeyConcept non‑intrusion principle
right of congregations to reject a patron’s nominee
spiritual independence of the church
hasTopic appointment of parish ministers
limits of civil authority over the church
patronage rights of landowners
historicalRegion Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED
language English
Scots
legalCase Auchterarder case NERFINISHED
Lethendy case
Marnoch case
locatedIn United Kingdom
mainSubject Veto Act NERFINISHED
opposedBy Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland
opposedPrinciple absolute patronage in ministerial appointments
partOf Disruption controversy in the Church of Scotland
precededBy long‑standing disputes over patronage in the Church of Scotland
religiousDenomination Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
religiousMovement Evangelicalism in the Church of Scotland
significantPerson Evangelical leaders of the Church of Scotland
Robert Smith Candlish NERFINISHED
Thomas Chalmers NERFINISHED
significantYear 1834
1843
startTime 1830s
supportedBy Moderate party in the Church of Scotland
timePeriod early 19th century

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Disruption of 1843 precededBy Veto Act controversy