New College Library welcomes the General Assembly 2016 TAGS: Church of Scotland | New College Library New College Library welcomes attendees of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which will take place between 21 and 27 May 2016. Church of Scotland visitors to the Library are …Continue reading →

Given in Good Faith : Making Presbyterian History TAGS: Church of Scotland | Ecclesiastical History | Funk | New College Library | rare books | Special Collections If you visit the Given in Good Faith exhibition, currently open at the Centre for Research Collections, you’ll be able to see some of New College Library’s treasures set in the …Continue reading →

Women’s voices at New College Library TAGS: Church of Scotland | missionary | New College Library | Theology & Ethics | World Christianity After my last blog post which focused on the women who gave their books to support the foundation of New College Library, I’ve been thinking about some of the collections we have which …Continue reading →

Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library now catalogued online TAGS: Church of Scotland | Free Church of Scotland | New College Library I’m pleased to report that the Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library has now been catalogued online. A big thank you to the two project cataloguers who have tackled this collection, Finlay …Continue reading →

John Knox and the Scottish Reformed Kirk TAGS: Church of Scotland | Divinity | New College Library | Psalms | rare books | sixteenth-century At 4pm today, Tuesday 19 May, in the Assembly Hall, Prof Jane Dawson will address the General Assembly on the topic of John Knox, following publication of her recent biography. Prof. Dawson’s …Continue reading →

Researching the Church of Scotland at New College Library TAGS: Church of Scotland | New College Library The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2015 will take place between 16 and 23 May 2015. Staff and students continue to have access to New College and New College …Continue reading →

Easter Greetings from New College Library TAGS: Church of Scotland | Easter | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century New College Library is open as usual for semester time over the Easter period, see Library Opening hours for more detail. When visiting, take a moment to look at our Special Collections …Continue reading →

Behind the Scenes at New College Library #ILW2014 TAGS: Andrew Bonar | Church of Scotland | innovative learning week | missions | New College Edinburgh | Thomas Chalmers A guest post from Liz Louis, student on the MLitt in Museum and Gallery Studies at the University of St Andrews and volunteer at New College Library Object Strongroom. Liz …Continue reading →

John Calvin – Works and Correspondence now available online TAGS: Christianity | church history | Church of Scotland | Divinity | online | Presbyterian | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh Newly available to University of Edinburgh users is the online version of the Works of John Calvin, including the Institutes of the Christian Religion. This is the edition of the …Continue reading →

The Case of Mr. Ebenezer Erskine, founder of the Secession church in Scotland TAGS: Archives | church history | Church of Scotland | eighteenth-century | Funk | New College Library | Pamphlets | rare books | Scotland Ebenezer Erskine (1680–1754), a founder of the Secession church, died in Stirling on 2 June 1754. A celebrated preacher,  his opposition to patronage, when a local landowner could choose the  …Continue reading →