page_title: Hugh Binning
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Hugh Binning / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Hole, William Brassey; The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Churchyard, 1638; City of Edinburgh Council; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-signing-of-the-national-covenant-in-greyfriars-churchyard-1638-93406
context_page_description: Hugh Binning was a Scottish philosopher and theologian. He was born in Scotland during the reign of Charles I and was ordained in the Church of Scotland. He died in 1653, during the time of Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth of England.
context_section_description: Hugh Binning's political views were based on his theology. Binning was a Covenanter, a movement that began in Scotland at Greyfriars Kirkyard in 1638 with the National Covenant and continued with the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant—in effect a treaty between the English Long Parliament and Scotland for the preservation of the reformed religion in exchange for troops to confront the threat of Irish Catholic troops joining the Royalist army. Binning could also be described as a Protestor; both political positions were taken because of their religious implications. However, he saw the evils of the politics of his day was not a "fomenter of factions" writing "A Treatise of Christian Love" as a response.
caption: The Signing of the National Covenant. The Victorian painter William Hole places Alexander Henderson at the centre of events in 1638
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