TheUnited Secession Church (or properly theUnited Associate Synod of the Secession Church) was aScottishPresbyterian denomination which existed between 1820 and 1847.^[1]

TheFirst Secession from the establishedChurch of Scotland had been in 1732, and the resultant "Associate Presbytery" grew to include 45 congregations. Aseries of disputes, in 1747 over theburgesses oath, and in the late 18th century over theWestminster confession, led to further splits. In 1820 two of the resulting groups, theNew LichtBurghers and the New LichtAnti-Burghers, united to form the United Secession Church. The denomination existed until 1847 when it merged with thePresbytery of Relief to form theUnited Presbyterian Church.

1. John Dick - Professor of Theology - 1820-1833.^[2]
2. John Mitchell - Professor of Biblical Criticism (Biblical Literature from 1834) - 1825-1843
3. John Brown - Professor of Exegetical Theology - 1834-1847
4. Alexander Duncan - Professor of Pastoral Theology - 1834-1843
5. Robert Balmer - Professor of Systematic Theology - 1834-1844.^[3]
6. James Harper - Professor of Pastoral Theology - 1843-1846 and Professor of Systematic Theology - 1846-1847.^[4]
7. John Eadie - Professor of Biblical Literature - 1843-1847.^[5]

• John Jamieson (died 1838)

• TheMarrow Controversy, which was a precursor to the First Secession

• Presbyterianism in Scotland
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• 1820 establishments in Scotland
• 1847 disestablishments in Scotland
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