Confessio Scotica
The Confessio Scotica (English: The Scots Confession ; German: Scottish Confession ) is the creed of Scottish Calvinism . It was formulated in 1560 , when the Reformation-minded nobility in Scotland used the unexpected military intervention of England against the regent Maria von Guise to reform the state and the church.
According to the Treaty of Edinburgh of July 6, 1560, Parliament set up a commission of six theologians , which, under the leadership of John Knox (1514–1572), summarized the Reformation doctrine in 25 articles in just four days. When the Catholic party, called upon to comment, did not submit a reply, Parliament passed the Confessio almost unanimously in August 1560 , albeit against the resistance of Maria Stuart . As a result of this resolution, the Reformed Church of Scotland came into being . Until 1647 the Confessio Scotica was the basic creed in this church ; then she became through thatConfession replaced by Westminster .
In terms of content, the Scottish Confession is related to the Confessio Gallicana of the French Huguenots and the Confessio Belgica of 1561. It develops the doctrine and church order of the Reformed Church and distinguishes itself in several clear terms from Roman Catholic theology and church.
expenditure
- Arthur C. Cochrane: Reformed Confessions of the Sixteenth Century. Westminster John Knox Press, 2003, pp. 159-184 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- Georg Plasger , Matthias Freudenberg (ed.): Reformed confessional writings. A selection from the beginning to the present. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2005, pp. 124–150 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- Ian Hazlett (Ed.): Confessio Scotica. In: Andreas Mühling , Peter Opitz (eds.): Reformed Confessions 1559–1563 (= Reformed Confessions, Vol. 2.1). Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008, pp. 240-299, ISBN 978-3-7887-2304-0 .
Web links
- Text in English
- Confessions from western and north-western Europe on the website www.reformiert-online.net