This article examines the Church of Ireland’s relationship with Scots Presbyterians after the Restoration, focusing on the churchmen’s regular complaints against the ‘disorderly’ practices of the Presbyterian communities in Ireland. The established church leaders spoke of the threat of political and social disorder from the Presbyterians, and they repeatedly targeted the spontaneous ex tempore prayer and preaching practised by Scottish ministers in order to illustrate their concerns. This article uncovers the theological roots of these apparently civic complaints to explain their ubiquity and vehemence. It argues that the churchmen feared that such uncontrolled, unscripted prayer could lead to blasphemy and provoke the wrath of God on the nation, thereby triggering war and unrest such as they had experienced in the preceding decades. In their view, there was little difference between holding to an improperly ordered church hierarchy and worship practice, and forcing this disorder on the state. By illustrating the links between theology, ecclesiology and the potential for political sedition as they were understood by Restoration churchmen, this article demonstrates the importance of theological nuance for clarifying the complex relationship between Ireland’s two largest Protestant denominations in the seventeenth century.

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一种“无序的、混乱的侍奉上帝的方式”：爱尔兰教会和国家的祈祷和秩序，1660-89

本文考察了爱尔兰教会在复辟后与苏格兰长老会的关系，重点关注教会成员对爱尔兰长老会社区“无序”做法的定期抱怨。已建立的教会领袖谈到来自长老会的政治和社会混乱的威胁，他们一再针对自发的临时的苏格兰传道人进行祈祷和讲道，以说明他们的担忧。本文揭示了这些显然是公民抱怨的神学根源，以解释它们的普遍性和激烈性。它争辩说，教友们担心这种不受控制的、没有脚本的祈祷会导致亵渎神灵，并激起上帝对国家的愤怒，从而引发他们在过去几十年中所经历的战争和动荡。在他们看来，坚持不正当秩序的教会等级制度和敬拜实践与将这种无序强加于国家之间几乎没有区别。通过阐明神学、教会学和复兴教士所理解的政治煽动潜力之间的联系，