Financing Church Extension: The Case of the Edinburgh Savings Bank and St John's Parish Church, Edinburgh
This paper describes the way in which St John's parish church, Edinburgh, was financed; highlighting the part played by the Directors of the Edinburgh Savings Bank. It further analyses the impact of the Disruption on the church's seat rent income; the primary means by which residual debt l...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Scottish church history
Year: 2024, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-53 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Church Finance
B Church Extension B Edinburgh B Savings Bank |
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| Summary: | This paper describes the way in which St John's parish church, Edinburgh, was financed; highlighting the part played by the Directors of the Edinburgh Savings Bank. It further analyses the impact of the Disruption on the church's seat rent income; the primary means by which residual debt liquidation was to be accomplished. As a case study, it offers a revealing sidelight on the financial consequences of the Disruption at the congregational level. |
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| ISSN: | 2516-6301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/sch.2024.0112 |
