The Henson Journals

Alexander Taylor Innes

Alexander Taylor Innes (1833-1912; ODNB), Scottish lawyer, prominent Free churchman, and writer specialising in the relationship between law, religious doctrine and the churches; regarded the Westminster confession of faith as an obstacle to union of the presbyterian churches; convenor of the United Free Church committee on church and nation, 1906-12; publications include The law of creeds in Scotland (1867) and Church and state, a historical handbook (1890).

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