Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

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ecclesiastical office leadership position

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the annually appointed minister or elder who presides over the Church’s highest court and serves as its principal public representative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical office ⓘ
leadership position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy General Assembly of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedForTerm one year ⓘ
confersTitleAfterTerm Very Reverend ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
dateEstablished 16th century ⓘ
denomination Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstHolder John Knox (traditionally regarded) NERFINISHED ⓘ
governsThroughBody General Assembly of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAssociatedBuilding Assembly Hall, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChronologicalOrderOfHolders list of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
hasDuty to chair the meetings of the General Assembly ⓘ
to provide pastoral support and encouragement to ministers and congregations ⓘ
to represent the Church of Scotland in public and civic life ⓘ
to speak on behalf of the Church of Scotland on public issues ⓘ
to undertake official visits at home and overseas ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk ⓘ
hasPrivilege to address the Sovereign on behalf of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
hasResidence Moderator’s official residence in Edinburgh ⓘ
hasStyle Right Reverend ⓘ
Very Reverend (after demitting office) ⓘ
inception 1560 ⓘ
isNot a bishop ⓘ
isSimilarTo Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (Free Church) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfOffice Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHoldersAlsoKnownAs The Right Reverend the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Very Reverend (for former moderators) ⓘ
officeHoldersDuringEvent Scottish Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBe ordained minister or elder ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBeMemberOf Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolderType minister of Word and Sacrament ⓘ
ruling elder ⓘ
partOf Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidesOver General Assembly of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
roleInOrganization presiding officer of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
principal public representative of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
termLength 1 year ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Henderson → positionHeld → Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
John Erskine of Dun → positionHeld → Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
Norman MacLeod → positionHeld → Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
subject surface form: Norman MacLeod (minister, born 1812)