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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1560 assembly in Scotland which passed laws codifying the Scottish Reformation</div> <p> The <b>Scottish Reformation Parliament</b> was the assembly elected in 1560 that passed legislation leading to the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>. These included the <a href="/wiki/Confession_of_Faith_Ratification_Act_1560" class="mw-redirect" title="Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1560">Confession of Faith Ratification Act 1560</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Papal_Jurisdiction_Act_1560" title="Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560">Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislation was not formally approved until 1567, when it was ratified by <a href="/wiki/James_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="James VI">James VI</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Reformation_Parliament&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Reformation" title="Scottish Reformation">Scottish Reformation</a></div> <p>In 1559, <a href="/wiki/John_Knox" title="John Knox">John Knox</a> returned to Scotland, marking a new effort in his battle to reform the nation. Scottish <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestants</a> in the 1520s and 1530s were <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutherans</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hamilton_(martyr)" title="Patrick Hamilton (martyr)">Patrick Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Wishart" title="George Wishart">George Wishart</a>, who translated the <a href="/wiki/First_Helvetic_Confession" class="mw-redirect" title="First Helvetic Confession">First Helvetic Confession</a> written by Heinrich Bullinger, marking the impact of the Swiss Reformation. With the return of Knox from <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> Scottish <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestants</a> rallied around him and the Scottish <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a> continued to be characterised by the example of <a href="/wiki/John_Calvin" title="John Calvin">John Calvin</a> in Geneva. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Queen_dowager" title="Queen dowager">Queen dowager</a> <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Guise" title="Mary of Guise">Mary of Guise</a>, acting as <a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">regent</a> for her daughter <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a>, viewed the Protestants as a serious threat and felt the use of force would be necessary against them. <a href="/wiki/Civil_war" title="Civil war">Civil war</a> appeared imminent, but each side shrank from the first step. Knox at once became the clerical leader of the reformers. He preached against "<a href="/wiki/Idolatry" title="Idolatry">idolatry</a>" with the greatest boldness, with the result that what he later called the "rascal multitude" began the "purging" of churches and the destruction of monasteries and nunneries. Mary of Guise died on 11 June 1560, at which point the youthful Mary Queen of Scots, then resident in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, gave permission, through her husband, <a href="/wiki/Francis_II_of_France" title="Francis II of France">Francis II</a>, for Parliament to meet in her absence, but religious questions were specifically to be submitted to the 'intention and pleasure' of the king and queen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course">Course</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Reformation_Parliament&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Course"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Still, in August 1560 the 'Reformation Parliament' abolished the <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church in Scotland">Roman Catholic Church in Scotland</a> with the Papal Jurisdiction Act. </p><p>A Reformed <a href="/wiki/Confession_of_faith" class="mw-redirect" title="Confession of faith">confession of faith</a> was drafted by six <a href="/wiki/Ministers_of_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministers of religion">ministers</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Winram" title="John Winram">John Winram</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Spottiswood_(reformer)" title="John Spottiswood (reformer)">John Spottiswood</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Willock" title="John Willock">John Willock</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Douglas_(archbishop_of_St_Andrews)" title="John Douglas (archbishop of St Andrews)">John Douglas</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Row_(reformer)" title="John Row (reformer)">John Row</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Knox" title="John Knox">John Knox</a>. On 17 August 1560, the document was read twice, article by article, before the Parliament, and the Protestant ministers stood ready to defend "the cause of truth" if any article of belief was assailed. </p><p>When the vote was taken, the Confession was ratified and adopted. An assembly of several ministers and laymen, subsequently known as the first <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">General Assembly of the Church of Scotland</a> met in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Discipline_(Church_of_Scotland)" title="Book of Discipline (Church of Scotland)">First Book of Discipline</a> (1560) was drawn up. The Second Book of Discipline (1581) was ratified much later by Parliament in 1592 (see <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_Act_1592" class="mw-redirect" title="General Assembly Act 1592">General Assembly Act 1592</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). This definitely settled the Presbyterian form of polity and the Calvinistic doctrine as the recognised Protestant establishment in the country. </p><p>The Confession of Faith was established by parliament on 17 August.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Parliament also agreed on 16 August to pursue the marriage of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I of England</a> to <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_3rd_Earl_of_Arran" title="James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran">James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran</a>. Randolph "never saw so important matters sooner dispatched". When the first session of the Parliament was concluded, the Duke of Châtellherault gave the <a href="/wiki/James_MacGill_of_Nether_Rankeillour" class="mw-redirect" title="James MacGill of Nether Rankeillour">Clerk Register</a> a silver coin to have the proceedings recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 August the Parliament approved the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Berwick_(1560)" title="Treaty of Berwick (1560)">Treaty of Berwick (1560)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/James_Stewart,_Earl_of_Moray" class="mw-redirect" title="James Stewart, Earl of Moray">James Stewart, Earl of Moray</a> requested and received special confirmation that the acts of the <a href="/wiki/Lords_of_the_Congregation" title="Lords of the Congregation">Lords of the Congregation</a> were lawful. The authority of the Pope in Scotland was abrogated without contradiction.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The work of the 'Reformation Parliament' was popularly acclaimed but not formally ratified until seven years later by James VI. Mary never ratified it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Process_and_ceremony">Process and ceremony</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Reformation_Parliament&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Process and ceremony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The English correspondent <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Randolph_(diplomat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Randolph (diplomat)">Thomas Randolph</a> described the ceremony surrounding the selection of the Lords of the Articles on 9 August 1560. The lords convened at <a href="/wiki/Holyroodhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Holyroodhouse">Holyroodhouse</a> then rode to the Tollbooth near St Giles. <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a> was represented by the <a href="/wiki/Honours_of_Scotland" title="Honours of Scotland">crown, mace and sword</a>. After a speech by <a href="/wiki/William_Maitland_of_Lethington" title="William Maitland of Lethington">William Maitland</a>, the articles of the peace with France were read and confirmed. The Lords of the Articles were chosen – these decided the agenda for the full parliament session. Then all the lords processed with the <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault">Duke</a> to the Netherbow, and back to the Palace. The whole town wore armour, with trumpets sounding, and all other kinds of music. Randolph was confident the Lords of the Articles would commune on the "dysannullinge" of Papal authority.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Reformation_Parliament&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Reformation">History of the Reformation</a></i> - Knox's account of the Reformation in Scotland.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Reformation_Parliament" title="English Reformation Parliament">English Reformation Parliament</a>, 1529-1536</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliaments_of_Scotland" title="List of parliaments of Scotland">List of parliaments of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thomson_(advocate)" title="Thomas Thomson (advocate)">Thomson, Thomas</a>, ed., <i>Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland</i>, vol. 2, (1814)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Reformation_Parliament&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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