Calderwood, David 1575-1650

David Calderwood (1575 - October 29, 1650), was a Scottish divine and historian.

DAVID CALDERWOOD (1575-1650) , Scottish divine and historian, was born in 1575. He was educated at Edinburgh, where he took the degree of M.A. in 1593. About 1604 he became minister of Crailing, near Jedburgh, where he became conspicuous for his resolute opposition to the introduction of Episcopacy. In 1617, while James was in Scotland, a Remonstrance, which had been drawn up by the Presbyterian clergy, was placed in Calderwood's hands . He was summoned to St. Andrews and examined before the king, but neither threats nor promises could make him deliver up the roll of signatures to the Remonstrance. He was deprived of his charge, committed to prison at St. Andrews and afterwards removed to Edinburgh. The privy council ordered him to be banished from the kingdom for refusing to acknowledge the sentence of the High Commission. He lingered in Scotland, publishing a few tracts, till the 27th of August 1619, when he sailed for Holland. During his residence in Holland he published his Altare Damascenum. Calderwood appears to have returned to Scotland in 1624, and he was soon afterwards appointed minister of Pencaitland, in the county of Haddington. He continued to take an active part in the affairs of the church, and introduced in 1649 the practice, now confirmed by long usage, of dissenting from the decision of the Assembly, and requiring the protest to be entered in the record. His last years were devoted to the preparation of a History of the Church of Scotland. In 1648 the General Assembly urged him to complete the work he had designed, and voted him a yearly pension of £800. He left behind him a historical work of great extent and of great value as a storehouse of authentic materials for history. An abridgment, which appears to have been prepared by himself, was published after his death. An excellent edition of the complete work was published by the Wodrow Society, 8 vols., 1842-1849. The manuscript, which belonged to General Calderwood Durham, was presented to the British Museum. Calderwood died at Jedburgh on the 29th of October 1650.
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Lives of the Scots Worthies by John Howie - 1885 (see entry on David Calderwood beginning at page 197)
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Spirit of the old divines - 1864 (entry for David Calderwood begins on page 30)
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The pastor and the prelate; or, Reformation and conformity shortly compared ... with the answer of the common and chief objections against every part: showing whether of the two is to be followed by the true Christian and patriot .. (1844)
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The history of the Kirk of Scotland, Volume 1 (1842)
The Preamble
The History 1514-1560
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The history of the Kirk of Scotland, Volume 2 (1843)
The History 1560-1570
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The History of the Kirk of Scotland, Volume 3 (1843)
The History 1570-1583
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The History of the Kirk of Scotland, Volume 4 (1843)
The History 1584-1588
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The history of the Kirk of Scotland, Volume 5 (1844)
The History 1589-1599
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The history of the Kirk of Scotland, Volume 6 (1845)
The History 1600-1608
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The history of the Kirk of Scotland, Volume 7 (1845)
The History 1609-1625
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The history of the Kirk of Scotland, Volume 8 (1849)
Appendix and General Index
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Altare Damascenum: Seu Ecclesia Anglicanae Politia, Ecclesiae Scoticanae Obtrusa, etc - 1708 (LATIN)
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Queries Concerning the State of the Church of Scotland (1638 Reprint of 1621 Edition)
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The Altar of Damascus, or The Pattern of the English Hierarchy, and Church Policy Obtruded upon the Church of Scotland - 1621
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A Defence of our Arguments against kneeling in the act of receiving the Sacramental Elements of Bread and Wine Impugned by Mr. Michelson - 1620
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The Re-Examination of Two of the Articles Abridged: to wit, Of the Communicants Gesture in the Act of Receiving, Eating, and Drinking: and The Observation of Frstival Days - 1636
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The Pastor and the Prelate, or Reformation and Conformity shortly compared by the Word of God, by Antiquity and the Proceedings of the Ancient Kirk, by the Nature and Use of Things Indifferent, by the Proceedings of our own Kirk, by the weal of the Kirk and of the People's Souls, and by the good of the Commonwealth and of our Outward Estate: with The Answer of the Common and Chiefest Ojbections against every part: showing Whether of the Two is to be Followed by the True Christian and Countryman - 1628
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An Epistle of a Christian Brother, Exhorting an Other to Keep Himself Undefiled from the Present Corruptions Brought in to the Ministration of the Lord's Supper - 1624
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The Speech of the Kirk of Scotland to Her Beloved Children - 1620
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The True History of the Church of Scotland, From the Beginning of the Reformation, unto the end of the Reign of King James VI - 1678
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A Dispute Upon Communicating at Our Confused Communions - 1624
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