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The Marrow Brethren, also called Marrowmen, were a group inside Presbyterianism. The name is derived from the book "Marrow of Modern Divinity", which caused a controversy in the Scottish Church, called the Marrow Controversy.[1] The leading figures of the Marrow Brethren included Thomas Boston, Robert Riccaltoun, James Hog, John Williamson, James Bathgate, and Ebenezer Erskine along with the author of the Marrow, Edward Fisher.[2][3][4] The General Assembly condemned the Marrow for being antinomian.[5]
The teaching of the Marrow Brethren is called "Marrow theology", and they have influenced many Reformed thinkers even after their condemnation in Scotland.[6]
- ^ Ahnert, Thomas (2015-01-27). The Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment: 1690–1805. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-15381-1.
- ^ "The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition". University of the Highlands and Islands. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ "The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance – Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters". Reformed Faith & Practice. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ MacLean, Donald (2015-03-11). James Durham (1622–1658): And the Gospel Offer in Its Seventeenth-Century Context. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 978-3-525-55087-8.
- ^ Bavinck, Herman (2011-06-01). Reformed Dogmatics: Abridged in One Volume. Baker Academic. ISBN 978-1-4412-4018-7.
- ^ VanDoodewaard, William (2011-11-01). The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition: Atonement, Saving Faith, and the Gospel offer in Scotland (1718-1799). Reformation Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-60178-329-5.