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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RESOLUTIONER, n. One of the church party in Scot. at the end of the Civil War which, in opposition to the Protesters, supported the negotiations, the “Engagement”, between the Scottish Government and Charles I. after the flight of the King to the Isle of Wight in 1647, in which Charles undertook, in return for military support, to confirm the Solemn League and Covenant and establish Presbyterianism in England. They represented the Moderate element in the Kirk.Sc. 1710 R. Wodrow Analecta (M.C.) I. 274:
[Cromwell] thought, the Protesters and Resolutioners would make each other causes of their fasting.Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality v.:
They had parted . . . at the time when the Kingdom of Scotland was divided into Resolutioners and Protestors.Sc. 1873 J. H. Burton Hist. Scot. VH. 35:
These were called “Resolutioners,” as parties to resolutions for admission to public office, civil or military, of those who had been excluded by the Act of Classes.Sc. 1943 J. Macleod Sc. Theology 179:
The outcome of the virtual schism of 1652 between Resolutioners and Protesters was to be seen in the laxer attitude as to Church unity that was to be shown by the Cameronian party and now by the Seceders.