Джеймс Педди (министр)
Джеймс Педди | |
|---|---|
| Модератор | |
 Карикатура Джеймса Педди в 1810 году у Джона Кея | |
| Церковь | Пресвитерианский |
| Личные данные | |
| Born | 1758 Perth, Scotland |
| Died | 1845 |
| Buried | Warriston Cemetery |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Denomination | |
| Children | Alexander Peddie and eight others |
| Occupation | Minister |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Джеймс Педди Д.Д. (1758–1845) был шотландским пресвитерианским министром Северной церкви.
Жизнь
[ редактировать ]Сын Джеймса Педди, пивовара, его второй женой Энн Раттрей, он родился в Перте, штат Шотландия , 10 февраля 1758 года. После образования в Грамматике Перт и Академии Перта он поступил в Эдинбургский университет в 1775 году и два года. Позже стал членом Секционного богослужения, под руководством Джона Брауна из Хаддингтона . Лицензированный для проповеди в 1782 году, он некоторое время путешествовал по стране, выступая на кафедрах, где не было постоянного министра. В течение семи месяцев он набирал в среднем сто миль в месяц на лошадях. [ 1 ]
К концу 1782 года против оппозиции Педди был назначен в часовню в отделении Бристо -стрит в Эдинбурге и занял эту должность в апреле 1783 года. [ 1 ] Соглашение, с некоторыми переезжающими в новую церковь на Роуз -стрит, созданная в 1786 году. [ 2 ] Педди остался на Бристо -стрит до конца своей жизни. [1] He founded the Edinburgh Subscription Library in 1794, with the Rev. Gavin Struthers.[2]
Peddie was twice moderator, of the Associate Synod in 1789, and again in 1825 for the Synod of the United Secession Church. From 1791 he was treasurer to the fund for assisting poor outlying congregations. He was also involved in missionary societies, and the Sunday school and Gaelic school movements.[1]
Old and New Lights
[edit]Peddie took a leading, though generally restrained part in the Old and New Lights controversy in his church. In 1795 matters came to a head, and Peddie sided with the New Lights, for toleration and liberty.[1] A matter arising was the extended Perth congregation lawsuit Craigdallie v Aikman, between supporters of John Jervie and those of Jedidian Aikman.[3] It continued from 1799 to 1815, and decided the legal position of the party New Light: Peddie gave it his zeal and energy.[1]
In the early days of the controversy, attempts were made by opponents to associate the New Lights with the friends of the French Revolution. Peddie communicated with William Pitt the younger through Pulteney, and Henry Dundas referred to the New Lights as "loyal citizens, who had been calumniated."[1]
Later life
[edit]In 1818 Marischal College conferred on Peddie the degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.). He lived his final years at 37 Lauriston Place in Edinburgh and died there on 11 October 1845.[1] He is buried with his family in Warriston Cemetery.
Works
[edit]Peddie's best-known work was a controversial pamphlet, against an attack of 1799 by William Porteous, The New Light Examined; or Observations on the Proceedings of the Associate Synod against their Own Standards. Peddie's reply A Defence of the Associate Synod against the Charge of Sedition, addressed to William Porteous, D.D. had the approval of Dugald Stewart as a model of invective. He published also:[1][2]
- The Revolution the Work of God and a Cause of Joy, Edinburgh, 1789. This work was a commemoration of the Glorious Revolution.[2]
- The Perpetuity, Advantages, and Universality of the Christian Religion, Edinburgh, 1796.
- Jehovah's Care to perpetuate the Redeemer's Name, London, 1809.
- A Practical Exposition of the Book of Jonah, in ten lectures, Edinburgh, 1842.
After Peddie's death, his son William published his Discourses, Edinburgh, 1846, with a memoir.[1]
Peddie wrote for theological publications, and from 1797 to 1802 he was one of the editors of the Christian Magazine. He also edited the posthumous works of James Meikle of Carnwath (Edinburgh, 1801, 1803, 1805, 1807, 1811).[1]
Views
[edit]When at the Divinity Hall, Peddie reportedly opposed the orthodox teaching of John Brown, that civil magistrates ought to have power to interfere in religious matters, and to have upheld the doctrine of John Locke's A Letter Concerning Toleration.[1] He became an advocate of religious voluntaryism in the United Secession Church, with Hugh Heugh, across all Scottish Protestantism.[4]
Family
[edit]Peddie was twice married: first, in 1787, to Margaret Coventry (died 1792), eldest daughter of the Rev. George Coventry of Stitchell, Roxburghshire, and sister of Prof Andrew Coventry. The marriage was childless.
Secondly, in 1795, he married to Barbara Smith, second daughter of Donald Smith, an Edinburgh banker and later Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1808), with whom he had nine children.[1] The sons included William Peddie (1805–1893), minister who from 1828 was his colleague at Bristo Street;[1] and Alexander Peddie.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Jump up to: а беременный в дюймовый Роксбург, Кеннет Бэй «Педди, Джеймс (1759–1845)». Оксфордский словарь национальной биографии (онлайн -ред.). Издательство Оксфордского университета. doi : 10.1093/ref: ODNB/21753 . ( Требуется членство в публичной библиотеке в Великобритании .)
- ^ Маккельви, Уильям (1873). Анналы и статистика Объединенной пресвитерианской церкви . Олифант и А. Эллиот. п. 591.
- ^ Maclear, JF (1981). «Идея« американского протестантизма »и британского несоответствия, 1829–1840» . Журнал британских исследований . 21 (1): 72. doi : 10.1086/385783 . ISSN 0021-9371 . Jstor 175603 . S2CID 144411545 .
- ^ «Александр Педди, MD, FRCPE, FRSE и т. Д., Эдинбург» . Британский медицинский журнал . 1 (2405): 291–293. 1907. ISSN 0007-1447 . JSTOR 20293097 .
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Эта статья включает в себя текст из публикации, который сейчас в общественном доступе : Ли, Сидни , изд. (1895). " Педди, Джеймс ". Словарь национальной биографии . Тол. 44. Лондон: Смит, Элдер и Ко.