Alexander Petrie | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Alexander_Petrie.png) Alexander Petrie - minister at the Scots Kirk, Rotterdam | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Petrie 1594? |
| Died | 1662 Rotterdam |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
Alexander Petrie was a Scottish divine, born about 1594, was third son of Alexander Petrie, merchant and burgess of Montrose. He was the minister of Rhynd in Perthshire and was translated, to Rotterdam on 29 March 1643. He preached his first sermon at Rotterdam on 2 August, and was admitted on 30 August 1643. He died on 6 September 1662. His Compendious History of the Catholick Church contains copious extracts from the Records of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which were destroyed by a fire in the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, 1701.[1]