Scottish Reformation Parliament
1560
The Scottish Parliament, meeting in Edinburgh, passed legislation abolishing papal jurisdiction, banning the Mass, and adopting a Calvinist Confession of Faith. The reformed Church of Scotland, or Kirk, was established as the national church. The legislation was never formally ratified by the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. The legislation created a kirk session system of local discipline shaping Scottish social life and education for centuries.
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.