Charles issued Book of Canons to the Scottish clergy Flashcards
1
Q
Charles issued Book of Canons to the Scottish clergy:
Date
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1636
2
Q
Charles issued Book of Canons to the Scottish clergy:
Summary
A
Book of Canons listed instructions as to how they should lay out their churches and introduced a number of practices associated with the Church of England
3
Q
Charles issued Book of Canons to the Scottish clergy:
Consequence
A
Unlike the Church of England, the Scottish Kirk had undergone a thoroughly Calvinist reformation led by John Knox in 1560 (stressed that people can only achieve salvation through God’s grace and not through their own merits) and emerged as a highly organised Presbyterian institution run by an assembly of ministers and lay Elders.
- This meant that the Book of Canons was against their teachings leading to complete rejection.
