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29th August 11, 12:16 PM
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I don't want to take this thread on a tangent but regarding badges relating to various Churches, The Church of Scotland and The Free Church of Scotland both use the 'Burning Bush' emblem of YHWH revealing himself to Moshe on Mt. Sinai. The Latin motto for the Church of Scotland is Nec Tamen Consvmebatvr (The tree was aflame but not consumed). The Reformed Church in France and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland use the same symbol but with different mottoes. I don't expect that the motto has anything to do with the Kirk's pre-1560 status as subject to the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome. The Scottish Reformation had among it's lay leaders, George Buchanan, who was arguably the greatest humanist scholar and latinist in the Europe of his time, and who until the early 21st century had been the only Ruling Elder (not a Minister of the Sacrament and Word) to be Moderator of the General Assembly. Moreover, the study of Latin was still very important in Scotland down to quite recent times, and until the early 18th century that was the only language of instruction in the (Ancient) Scottish Universities.
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