Second Book of Discipline

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Presbyterian confessional document Reformed church order church polity document historical religious text

The Second Book of Discipline is a foundational 16th-century Presbyterian church polity document that shaped the governance and theology of the reformed Church of Scotland.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Second Book of Discipline canonical	2
The Second Book of Discipline	1
Traicté de la discipline et police chrestienne	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1660325 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Book of Discipline
Context triple: [Scottish Reformation, hasKeyDocument, Second Book of Discipline]

A. First Book of Discipline
The First Book of Discipline is a foundational 1560 document of the Scottish Reformation that outlined the structure, doctrine, and governance of the reformed Church of Scotland.
B. Book of Concord
The Book of Concord is the definitive collection of Lutheran confessional writings, compiling key creeds and doctrinal statements that articulate the theology of the Lutheran Reformation.
C. Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae is the 1540 papal bull by Pope Paul III that formally established and approved the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as a religious order in the Catholic Church.
D. Acts of Synod
Acts of Synod are the official published records and decisions of a church’s synod, documenting its resolutions, doctrinal statements, and administrative actions.
E. Constitutions of the Order of Preachers
The Constitutions of the Order of Preachers are the fundamental legislative texts that govern the life, mission, and communal discipline of the Dominican friars within the Catholic Church.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Book of Discipline
Target entity description: The Second Book of Discipline is a foundational 16th-century Presbyterian church polity document that shaped the governance and theology of the reformed Church of Scotland.

A. First Book of Discipline
The First Book of Discipline is a foundational 1560 document of the Scottish Reformation that outlined the structure, doctrine, and governance of the reformed Church of Scotland.
B. Book of Concord
The Book of Concord is the definitive collection of Lutheran confessional writings, compiling key creeds and doctrinal statements that articulate the theology of the Lutheran Reformation.
C. Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae is the 1540 papal bull by Pope Paul III that formally established and approved the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as a religious order in the Catholic Church.
D. Acts of Synod
Acts of Synod are the official published records and decisions of a church’s synod, documenting its resolutions, doctrinal statements, and administrative actions.
E. Constitutions of the Order of Preachers
The Constitutions of the Order of Preachers are the fundamental legislative texts that govern the life, mission, and communal discipline of the Dominican friars within the Catholic Church.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Presbyterian confessional document ⓘ Reformed church order ⓘ church polity document ⓘ historical religious text ⓘ
aimsTo	reform church government in Scotland ⓘ secure Presbyterian polity in law ⓘ
appliesTo	Reformed Church of Scotland ⓘ linked to: Church of Scotland
century	16th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Scotland ⓘ
date	1578 ⓘ
defines	office of doctor or teacher ⓘ offices of deacon ⓘ offices of elder ⓘ offices of minister ⓘ
denominationalContext	Church of Scotland ⓘ
emphasizes	authority of Scripture in church government ⓘ rule of Christ over the church ⓘ
establishes	role of General Assembly ⓘ system of kirk sessions ⓘ system of presbyteries ⓘ system of synods ⓘ
follows	First Book of Discipline ⓘ
genre	ecclesiastical constitution ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatusIn	historic Church of Scotland tradition ⓘ
hasTitle	The Second Book of Discipline ⓘ linked to: Second Book of Discipline
historicalContext	Scottish Reformation ⓘ
influenced	Presbyterian church governance ⓘ Presbyterian churches worldwide ⓘ later Church of Scotland polity ⓘ
influencedBy	Continental Reformed church orders ⓘ John Knox ⓘ
language	Early Modern Scots ⓘ English ⓘ
region	Early modern Scotland ⓘ
rejects	episcopal hierarchy ⓘ prelacy ⓘ
religiousTradition	Presbyterianism ⓘ Reformed Christianity ⓘ linked to: Reformed churches
subject	Presbyterian polity ⓘ Reformed theology ⓘ church government ⓘ ecclesiastical discipline ⓘ
supports	parity of ministers ⓘ presbyterial church courts ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Calvinist ⓘ
usedBy	Presbyterian churches ⓘ linked to: Presbyterian

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Reformation → hasKeyDocument → Second Book of Discipline ⓘ

First Book of Discipline → followedBy → Second Book of Discipline ⓘ

Second Book of Discipline → hasTitle → The Second Book of Discipline ⓘ

linked to: Second Book of Discipline

Antoine de la Roche Chandieu → notableWork → Traicté de la discipline et police chrestienne ⓘ