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By the Act of Rescissory in 1661 all acts passed after 1638 were annulled. One of the consequences of this was that the Presbyterian form of Church government was abolished and the Episcopalian system revived. This was confirmed by an Act for the Restitution and Re-establishment of the ancient Government of the Church by Archbishops and Bishops. Bishops were reinstated and in Dunblane Bishop Leighton invited the ministers of several parishes within his bounds to attend a Diocesan Synod. The Synod differed little from the Provincial Synods that had met under the Presbyterian system. The first Synod met in 1662 and the last meeting was in 1688 (?) before the abolition of the Episcopacy in 1689. |