Anti-Burgher
Scottish Presbyterian faction, 1747 – mid 1800s
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The
Anti-Burghers
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Burgher Oath
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Smith, Richard M. (2006).
"Auld Licht, New Licht and Original Secessionists in Scotland and Ulster"
.
Scottish Church History
.
36
: 97–124.
doi
:
10.3366/sch.2006.36.1.7
. Retrieved
25 August
2018
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