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The Scots Confession (also called the Scots Confession of 1560) is a Confession of Faith written in 1560 by six leaders of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. The text of the Confession was the first subordinate standard for the Protestant church in Scotland.
He was made rector of the University, 1551–73. Douglas was one of the "Six Johns" who wrote the First Book of Discipline and the Scots Confession of 1560. [2] [3] [4] He was consecrated Archbishop of St Andrews 10 February 1572. [5] He was first to hold a Protestant Episcopate in Scotland. [6] He died in October 1576. [7]
Knox and five other ministers, all called John, were called upon to draw up a new confession of faith. Within four days, the Scots Confession was presented to Parliament, voted upon, and approved. A week later, the Parliament passed three acts in one day: the first abolished the jurisdiction of the Pope in Scotland, the second condemned all ...
The Scottish Reformation Parliament was the assembly elected in 1560 that passed legislation leading to the establishment of the Church of Scotland.These included the Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1560; [1] and Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560. [2]
The Book of Confessions contains the creeds and confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). [1] The contents are the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, the Scots Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Second Helvetic Confession, the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Shorter Catechism, the Larger Catechism, the Theological Declaration of Barmen, the Confession of 1967, the Confession ...
John Spottiswood, (various spellings), was a Scots reformer and Church of Scotland superintendent for Lothian. He was born in 1510, the second son of William Spottiswood of Spottiswood (killed at Flodden in 1513), by Elizabeth Pringle, daughter of Henry Hop-Pringle of Torsonce, The family trace back to Robert Spottiswood who possessed the barony of Spottiswood, Berwickshire, in the reign of ...
The Westminster Confession and catechisms were produced by a committee rather than a single author. Scots Confession (1560) [6] Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) [7] Confession of Faith Ratification Act (1690) Confession of 1967 [8] Brief Statement of Faith (1991) [9]
In December 1557, it became the state church of Scotland, and in 1560, the Parliament of Scotland adopted the Scots Confession which rejected many Catholic teachings and practices. [1] The Confession was adopted by James VI, and re-affirmed first in 1590, then in 1596.