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See also:ERSKINE, See also:JOHN , of Dun (1509-1591), Scottish reformer, the son of See also:Sir John Erskine, See also:laird of Dun, was See also:born in 1509, and was educated at See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:College, See also:Aberdeen. At the See also:age of twenty-one Erskine was the cause—probably by accident—of a See also:priest's See also:death, and was forced to go abroad, where he came under the See also:influence of the new learning. It was through his agency that See also:Greek was first taught in See also:Scotland by Petrus de Marsiliers at See also:Montrose. This fact counted for much in the progress of the See also:Reformation. Erskine was also See also:drawn towards the new faith, being a See also:close friend of See also:George See also:Wishart, the reformer, from whose See also:fate he was saved by his See also:wealth and influence, and of John See also:Knox, whose See also:advice openly to discountenance the See also:mass was given in Lhe lodgings of the laird of Dun. In the stormy controversies of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Mary See also:Stuart and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. Erskine was a conspicuous figure and a moderating influence. He was able to soothe the See also:queen when her feelings had been outraged by Knox's denunciations—being a See also:man "most gentill of nature "—and frequently acted as mediator both between the See also:catholic and reforming parties, and among the reformers themselves. In 156o he was appointed—though a layman—superintendent of the reformed See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Scotland for See also:Angus and Mearns, and in 1572 he gave his assent to the modified See also:episcopacy proposed by See also:Morton at the See also:Leith See also:convention. Though never himself ordained, he was held in such high esteem by the leaders of the church as to be more than once elected See also:moderator of the See also:general See also:assembly (first in 1564), and he was amongst those who in 150 See also:drew up the Second See also:Book of Discipline. From 1579 he was a member of the king's See also:council. He died in 1591. Erskine owed his See also:peculiar influence among the Scottish reformers to the See also:union —rare in those days—of steadfast convictions with a conciliatory manner; Queen Mary described him as " a mild and sweet-natured man, with true honesty and uprightness."
See the " Dun Papers " in the See also:Spalding See also:Club See also:Miscellany, vol. iv. (1849), and the See also:article by T. F. See also:Henderson in the Dict. Nat. Biog.
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