Scots Confession

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The Scots Confession is a foundational 1560 Reformed doctrinal statement of the Church of Scotland that helped shape Presbyterian theology and church governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reformed confession of faith ⓘ
doctrinal statement ⓘ
historical religious document ⓘ
approvedBy Scottish Parliament ⓘ
coAuthor John Douglas ⓘ
John Erskine of Dun ⓘ
John Row ⓘ
John Spottiswoode ⓘ
John Willock ⓘ
John Winram ⓘ
collectiveAuthorsNickname the Six Johns ⓘ
commissionedBy Scottish Parliament ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
dateApproved 1560 ⓘ
dateWritten 1560 ⓘ
denominationalAffiliation Church of Scotland ⓘ
genre confessional document ⓘ
hasSection articles on Christ and redemption ⓘ
articles on God and the Trinity ⓘ
articles on civil authority ⓘ
articles on sacraments ⓘ
articles on the Church ⓘ
historicalContext Scottish Reformation ⓘ
historicalSignificance first Reformed confession officially adopted by the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
influenced Church of Scotland doctrine ⓘ
Presbyterian church governance ⓘ
Presbyterian theology ⓘ
Reformed churches in Scotland ⓘ
language Early Modern English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
legalStatusAtAdoption confession of faith of the realm of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Scots Confession
numberOfChapters 25 ⓘ
placeOfAdoption Edinburgh ⓘ
primaryAuthor John Knox ⓘ
purpose to define the doctrine of the reformed Church of Scotland ⓘ
to provide a national confession of faith ⓘ
relatedDocument Book of Discipline (First Book of Discipline) ⓘ
relatedMovement Calvinism in Scotland ⓘ
religiousTradition Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Reformed Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Reformed churches
replacedBy Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis Reformed sacramental theology ⓘ
authority of Scripture ⓘ
justification by faith ⓘ
sovereignty of God ⓘ
usedBy Church of Scotland ⓘ
some Presbyterian churches ⓘ

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Westminster Assembly → produced → Confession of Faith for the Church of Scotland ⓘ
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Scottish Reformation → hasKeyDocument → Scots Confession ⓘ
Scots Confession → legalStatusAtAdoption → confession of faith of the realm of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Scots Confession
National Covenant → inspiredBy → Scots Confession of 1560 ⓘ
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Treaty of Edinburgh → followedBy → Scottish Parliament of 1560 adopting Protestant Confession of Faith ⓘ
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John Douglas → notableWork → Scots Confession ⓘ
John Douglas → contributedTo → Scots Confession ⓘ
John Row → notableWork → Scots Confession ⓘ
John Row → contributedTo → Scots Confession ⓘ
John Row → authorOf → Scots Confession ⓘ
John Row → confessionInvolved → Scots Confession ⓘ
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Book of Confessions → hasPart → The Scots Confession ⓘ
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Negative Confession of 1581 → influencedBy → Scots Confession of 1560 ⓘ
linked to: Scots Confession