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- ↑ "Moderator-Designate withdraws due to ill health - Church of Scotland". Archived from the original on 18 March 2014.
- ↑ BBC News, 2 April 2014
- ↑ Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, Volume XI, T&T Clark Ltd, Edinburgh, 2000, ISBN 0-567-08750-6
- ↑ A Respectful Dialogue. The Church of Scotland. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2022– via YouTube.
- ↑ Service of Unity and Common Purpose, St Giles Cathedral, September 21, 2014. The Church of Scotland. 21 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022– via YouTube.
- ↑ BBC News, 16 February 2015