First Band of the Scottish Reformation

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The First Band of the Scottish Reformation was a 1557 covenant in which leading Scottish nobles pledged to promote Protestant reform and resist Catholic authority, helping launch the Scottish Reformation movement.

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First Band of the Scottish Reformation canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
religious covenant ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
commitment rejection of Catholic religious practices ⓘ
support for Protestant preaching ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
field Scottish history ⓘ
church history ⓘ
follows early Protestant preaching in Scotland ⓘ
genre covenant ⓘ
hasConsequence encouragement of further Protestant covenants in Scotland ⓘ
increased tension between Protestant nobles and Catholic authorities ⓘ
hasEffect promotion of Protestant reform in Scotland ⓘ
resistance to Catholic authority in Scotland ⓘ
strengthening of the Scottish Reformation movement ⓘ
hasLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
hasPart commitment to mutual defense among signatories ⓘ
oath to maintain the true religion of Christ ⓘ
pledge to support Protestant preachers ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
Reformation era ⓘ
inception 1557 ⓘ
influencedBy Calvinist theology ⓘ
linked to: Calvinism

continental Protestant Reformation ⓘ
location Scotland ⓘ
movement Scottish Reformation ⓘ
opposedTo Catholic ecclesiastical authority ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church in Scotland ⓘ
pointInTime 1557 ⓘ
purpose to promote Protestant reform ⓘ
to resist Catholic authority ⓘ
to support reformed preaching and worship ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
signatoryRole leading Scottish nobles ⓘ
significance early formal expression of Protestant commitment by Scottish nobles ⓘ
helped launch organized Scottish Reformation movement ⓘ
significantEvent Scottish Reformation ⓘ
significantFigure Scottish Protestant nobility ⓘ
typeOfAction noble covenant ⓘ

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Lords of the Congregation → signedDocument → First Band of the Scottish Reformation ⓘ