Robert Baillie


Robert Baillie
Other post(s)Principal of the University of Glasgow
Personal details
Born30 April 1602
Died1662
NationalityScottish
DenominationPresbyterian

Robert Baillie (30 April 1602 – 1662) was a Church of Scotland minister who became famous as an author and a propagandist for the Covenanters.[1]

In Baillie's engagement with the theological and liturgical controversies of the mid-Seventeenth Century, Baillie sought to reconcile his strong belief in maintaining Kirk unity with a firm adherence to a Christian doctrine dictated by the divine 'truth' revealed in Scripture.[2]

Two large volumes of Baillie's sermons survive in manuscript. He was also conscientious in ensuring that copies were made of his outgoing correspondence and other documents with a view to creating a body of evidence which could be used to prepare a historical account of the Covenanters. This material remains a valuable source for historians of the period.

  1. ^ Robert Baillie Archived 14 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. University of Glasgow (multitab page-but image is of James Baillie (1723–1778))
  2. ^ Campbell 2017, p. 137.