By Andrew R. Holmes
It is a ancient research of the main influential and demanding Protestant crew in Northern eire - the Ulster Presbyterians. Andrew R. Holmes argues that to appreciate Ulster Presbyterianism is to start to appreciate the nature of Ulster Protestantism extra ordinarily and the connection among faith and id in present-day Northern eire.
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True faith was not meritorious and ought to manifest itself in evangelical holiness. In this context, the Presbyterian understanding of conversion was distinguished from regeneration. Conversion was the human response to the regeneration of the individual by the Holy Spirit. This response consisted of two elements, namely, faith and repentance, each of which were described as ‘a saving grace’ involving the aVective self and a conscious turning away from sin. God had ordained ‘means of grace’ consisting of the sacraments, prayer, Bible reading, and, pre-eminently, preaching to call the elect to himself by the inXuence of the Holy Spirit.
This response consisted of two elements, namely, faith and repentance, each of which were described as ‘a saving grace’ involving the aVective self and a conscious turning away from sin. God had ordained ‘means of grace’ consisting of the sacraments, prayer, Bible reading, and, pre-eminently, preaching to call the elect to himself by the inXuence of the Holy Spirit. Throughout this process, it was the Holy Spirit that convicted individuals of sin and enabled them to 80 For further details of how Presbyterian evangelicalism was indebted to the Presbyterian theological tradition see, Holmes, ‘Tradition and enlightenment’.
Mullin, Aghadowey: a parish and its linen industry (Belfast, 1972); J. E. Mullin, New Row: the history of New Row Presbyterian Church, Coleraine 1727–1977 (Antrim, 1976); D. Nesbitt, Full circle: a story of Ballybay Presbyterians (Monaghan, 1999). 66 D. B. , 43 (1986), 163–78. 28 Introduction neighbour, was often in conXict with the expectations of ministers and with confessional standards that demanded more than a simple equation between goodly and godly living. In social terms, Presbyterians tended to occupy the middling ranks of Ulster society and were certainly better oV than their Catholic neighbours, though in terms of land ownership they fell far behind members of the Church of Ireland.
