Church of Scotland Paranormal Belief

The Church of Scotland Paranormal Belief is that they do not accept the existence of the paranormal and if they do accept it is understood to be an evil and malignant force in the world.

For example, the Roman Catholic Church to this day still performs minor and major rites of exorcism to rid a person of being “possessed” by demons. This rite is only performed when all other psychological considerations of the possessed individual have been evaluated. The rite is performed only by clergy who have special training and very strong religious conviction.

However the Church of Scotland paranormal directive states that possession of an individual should be treated as a psychiatric mental condition so as not to add credence to the paranormal.

The Church of Scotland is a Presbyterian protestant church which originated in 1560 during the Reformation. It is oriented towards mainline Calvinist beliefs and was founded by John Knox.

The Scots language name of the church is The Kirk.

It separated from the Roman Catholic Church and has a membership of approximately 500,000.

The basis of faith for the Church is the Word of God, which it believes as being stated in the Scriptures of The Old and New Testament.

The church has no compulsory prayer book but rather has a hymn book. The services are mostly comprised of preaching and the singing of hymns.

The church recognizes two sacraments: Baptism and Holy Communion and baptizes both believing adults and the children of Christian families.

It is considered the national church but unlike the Church of England it is not a state church. As recognized by acts of Parliament the Kirk has complete independence from the state in spiritual matters.

The Church is committed to its “distinctive call and duty to bring the ordinances of religion to the people in every parish of Scotland through a territorial ministry” and in practice has a presence in every Scottish community.

Because it is a Presbyterian Church it has no bishops, but is governed by elders and ministers who administer a series of courts. These courts answer to regional presbyteries who answer to a General Assembly

Religious Paranormal Belief

Church of Scotland Paranormal Belief