Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajalugu lühikonspekt
Supreme Governor of church. Mary Queen of Scots
was executed, she was a threat to the throne.
Elizabeth always refused to marry and stayed
independent till the end of her life.
John Knox
The Calvinist Leader of Protestants in
Scotland, also leader of the Scottish
reformation.
During Mary´s execution he went to exile,
when he returned to Scotland, he led the
Scots in establishing the Presbyterian Church.
Introduced popular Presbyterian and Calvanist
system. Mary Queen of Scots was
overthrown. The Kirk was established and
presbyterialism became the state religion.
The Scottish Reformed Church
The Kirk is the national church of Scotland.
Based on the principles of John Calvin. 1560,
the Scottish Parliament adopted
Presbyterianism.
The Kirk has no prayer book but has a hymn
book and the order of the Service- Book of
Comon Order. Parliament can´t play any part
in Kirk´s affairs without it consent.