Scots Confession

The Confessio Scotica ( Scottish Confession) is the creed of Scottish Calvinism. It was formulated in 1560, when the Reformation -minded nobility in Scotland the unexpected military intervention of England against the regent Mary of Guise took advantage to reform church and state.

After the Treaty of Edinburgh on 6 July 1560 Parliament established a commission of six theologians who summed up under the leadership of John Knox ( 1514-1572 ), the Reformation doctrine in only four days in the 25 articles. When the Catholic party be invited comments filed no rebuttal, the Parliament in August 1560, the Confessio decided almost unanimously, however, against the resistance of Mary Stuart. As a result of this decision, the Scottish Reformed Church was formed.

The Scottish Confession is for content related to the one year earlier incurred Confessio Gallicana the French Huguenots and the Confessio Belgica of 1561st

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