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Buchanites

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The Buchanites were the late 18th-century followers of Elspeth Buchan, a Scottish woman who claimed to be the Woman Clothed with the Sun, one of the figures named in the Book of Revelation. [1]

16 relations: Book of Revelation, Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway, Crocketford, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Elspeth Buchan, F. L. Lucas, Irvine, North Ayrshire, John Galt (novelist), Kirkcudbrightshire, Relief Church, Robert Burns, Scottish literature, The Woman Clothed with the Sun, Trindlemoss Loch, Woman of the Apocalypse.

Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation, often called the Revelation to John, the Apocalypse of John, The Revelation, or simply Revelation or Apocalypse (and often misquoted as Revelations), is a book of the New Testament that occupies a central place in Christian eschatology.

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Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway

Closeburn (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Osbairn) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Crocketford

Crocketford, also known as Ninemile Bar, is a village in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland.

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Dumfries

Dumfries (possibly from Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Elspeth Buchan

Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791) was the founder of a Scottish religious sect known as the Buchanites.

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F. L. Lucas

Frank Laurence Lucas (28 December 1894 – 1 June 1967) was an English classical scholar, literary critic, poet, novelist, playwright, political polemicist, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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Irvine, North Ayrshire

Irvine (Irvin, Irbhinn) is an ancient settlement, in medieval times a royal burgh, and now a new town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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John Galt (novelist)

John Galt (2 May 1779 – 11 April 1839) was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator.

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Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire, or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.

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Relief Church

The Relief Church (or Presbytery of Relief) was a Scottish Presbyterian denomination founded in 1761.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Scottish literature

Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers.

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The Woman Clothed with the Sun

The Woman Clothed with the Sun; being The Confession of John McHaffie concerning his sojourn in the Wilderness among the folk called the Buchanites, is a historical novella by the British writer F. L. Lucas.

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Trindlemoss Loch

Trindlemoss Loch, Scott's / Scot's Loch or the Loch of Irvine was situated in a low-lying area running from Ravenspark to near Stanecastle and down to Lockwards, now represented only by the playing fields off Bank Street in the Parish of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Woman of the Apocalypse

The Woman of the Apocalypse (or Woman clothed in the Sun, γυνὴ περιβεβλημένη τὸν ἥλιον; Mulier amicta sole) is a figure from Chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation (written c. AD 95).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchanites

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