Alexander Henderson (theologian)
Alexander Henderson was a Scottish theologian, and an important ecclesiastical statesman of his period. He is considered the second founder of the Reformed Church in Scotland. He was one of the most eminent ministers of the Church of Scotland in the most important period of her history, namely, previous to the middle of the seventeenth century.
Alexander Henderson (theologian)
The Signing of the National Covenant. The Victorian painter William Hole places Henderson (standing on the gravestone) at the centre of events in 1638. Archibald Johnston is on the left.
Moderator of the General Assembly, 1638
Alexander Henderson statue, west door of St. Giles
Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name is derived from covenant, a biblical term for a bond or agreement with God.
Greyfriars Kirkyard, where the National Covenant was signed in 1638
John Knox, who founded the reformed Church of Scotland or Kirk
1637 riots over the Book of Common Prayer
Covenanter political leader, the Marquess of Argyll