THE USAGER NONJURORS OF SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND
On the History of the Seven Usager Nonjurors, the Great Concordat of Jerusalem, and the Divine Liturgy of St. James of Jerusalem By Bp. Joseph ( Ancient Church of the West ) The English and Scottish Nonjurors occupy a unique place in the history of Western Churches. Following the Revolution of 1688, many bishops and clergy refused to swear allegiance to the Protestant usurpers William and Mary, believing that they had already sworn a sacred oath to the Catholic King James II and that such an oath could not be broken without violating both conscience and the law of God. Although deprived of their sees, churches, and worldly privileges, these confessors chose suffering rather than compromise, as they upheld their motto: “No King but Christ; No Church but Apostolic!” Their fidelity gave rise to the Nonjuring movement, a communion which, over the following generations, increasingly devoted itself to recovering the Orthodox faith, worship, and discipline of the Ancient Church of the We...
