The Burning Times: The Scottish Witch Trials - Spooky Scotland
2021年1月12日 · Under the watchful eye of John Knox, Scotland eventually became a Protestant country. Knox initially was a follower of Luther but later adopted the ideology of John Calvin. Both Luther and Calvin held the belief that witchcraft was a crime of such a serious nature that it merited the death penalty.
John Knox - Wikipedia
John Knox (c. 1514 – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the founder of the Church of Scotland. Born in Giffordgate, a street in Haddington, East Lothian, Knox is believed to have been educated at the University of St Andrews and worked as a notary-priest.
John Knox: Life Story (Further Dispute with Mary) - Tudor Times
Knox preached against it, and summoned true Protestants to come to protect them. It resulted in stalemate – no-one heeded Knox’s summons, but the trial was postponed and no further action taken. Knox was summoned before Queen and Council. He was warned that he might be charged with treason, and advised to apologise, but he refused.
This paper will argue that John Knox made a major contribution to witch- hunting in Scotland through the approach to interpreting the Bible, which he introduced into Scotland, an approach reflected in the disciplinary agenda of the
The Man Who Feared No Man – Michael Catt
2012年3月19日 · One person said, “The voice of one man, John Knox, is able in one hour to put more life in us than five hundred trumpets continually blustering in our ears.” Queen Mary tried to win Knox’s favor. Then she sought to find him guilty of treason. At the trial, Mary acted as prosecutor. Knox was acquitted. Knox called Mary a slave of Satan.
John Knox on Predestination - by Rev. Brian L. Dole - A Puritan's …
While living in Geneva about 1558, Knox was asked by persons back in England to answer a book circulating there titled “Careless by Necessity”. This work, written by an Anabaptist, denied the doctrine of Predestination.
John Knox - UK Wells
Some ministers were worried for the two accused, so they asked Knox to send a circular to Protestants, asking them to come to support the two at their trial. The Queen presented a copy of the letter to the Privy Council, who declared it treasonable.
John Knox - Sermon (1559) - UK Wells
John Knox was the man sent by God to lead the Reformation. His devotion and zeal, now fully matured in the school of suffering; his sincerity and uprightness; his magnanimity and courage; his skill in theological debate, and his political insight, in which he excelled all living Scotsmen; the confidence and hope with which he was able to ...
John Knox: The Controversial Father of the Church of Scotland
2023年10月3日 · After a mock trial, Wishart was found guilty of heresy and burned at the stake. Wishart’s martyrdom prompted a complex time for John Knox, who avoided persecution by traveling regularly. Knox himself expressed that he wished to travel to Germany to learn from the great figureheads of the Reformation, including John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli.
John Knox - NNDB
Knox would have resisted, though the arrest was by his feudal superior, Lord Bothwell; but Wishart himself commanded his submission, with the words "One is sufficient for a sacrifice", and was handed over for trial at St. Andrews.
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