▁Church ▁of ▁Scotland ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 . ▁The ▁sch isms ▁left ▁small ▁denomin ations ▁including ▁the ▁Free ▁Pres by ter ians ▁and ▁a ▁rem nant ▁that ▁had ▁not ▁merged ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁as ▁the ▁Free ▁Church . ▁ ▁Catholic ▁E man cip ation ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 9 ▁and ▁the ▁infl ux ▁of ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁Irish ▁imm igr ants , ▁particularly ▁after ▁the ▁fam ine ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 4 0 s , ▁princip ally ▁to ▁the ▁growing ▁low land ▁cent res ▁like ▁Glasgow , ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁transformation ▁in ▁the ▁fort unes ▁of ▁Catholic ism . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 8 , ▁despite ▁opposition , ▁a ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁ecc les iast ical ▁hierarchy ▁was ▁restored ▁to ▁the ▁country , ▁and ▁Catholic ism ▁became ▁a ▁significant ▁den om ination ▁within ▁Scotland . ▁Epis cop al ian ism ▁also ▁rev ived ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁as ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁succession ▁re ced ed , ▁becoming ▁established ▁as ▁the ▁Epis cop al ▁Church ▁in ▁Scotland ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 4 , ▁as ▁an ▁autonom ous ▁organisation ▁in ▁commun ion ▁with ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England . ▁Bapt ist , ▁Cong reg ational ist ▁and ▁Method ist ▁churches ▁had ▁appeared ▁in ▁Scotland ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁begin ▁significant ▁growth ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁partly ▁because ▁more ▁radical ▁and ▁evangel ical ▁trad itions ▁already ▁existed ▁within ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁Scotland ▁and