The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland. John Armoy Knox

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rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_3eb3ae4e-6296-5f5d-8905-cb591e12d9e6">353 XIX. The Authority of the Scriptures 355 XX. Of General Councils, of their Power, Authority, and Causes of their Convention 355 XXI. Of the Sacraments 356 XXII. Of the right Administration of the Sacraments 358 XXIII. To whom Sacraments Appertain 360 XXIV. Of the Civil Magistrate 360 XXV. The Gifts freely given to the Kirk 361

      THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.

I.	Of Doctrine	363
II.	Of Sacraments	364
III.	Touching the Abolition of Idolatry	366
IV.	Concerning Ministers and their Lawful Election	366
V.	Concerning Provision for the Ministers, and for Distribution of the Rents and Possessions justly appertaining to the Kirk	372
VI.	Of the Superintendents	376
VII.	Of Schools and Universities	382
VIII.	Of the Rents and Patrimony of the Kirk	391
IX.	Of Ecclesiastical Discipline	395
X.	Touching the Election of Elders and Deacons, etc.	401
XI.	Concerning the Policy of the Church	404
XII.	For Preaching and Interpretation of Scriptures, etc.	408
XIII.	Of Marriage	411
XIV.	Of Burial	414
XV.	For Reparation of Churches	416
XVI.	For Punishment of those that profane the Sacraments and do contemn the Word of God, and dare presume to minister them, not being thereto lawfully called	416
	The Conclusion	419
Glossary of Obsolete and Scots Words and Phrases		423
Index		427

THE REFORMATION OF RELIGION IN SCOTLAND

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1422–1558.

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      Early Persecutions.

      In the Records of Glasgow, mention is found of one that, in the year of God 1422, was burnt for heresy. His name is not given, and of his opinions or of the order upon which he was condemned there is no evidence left. But our Chronicles make mention that, in the days of King James the First, about the year of God 1431, there was apprehended in the University of St. Andrews one named Paul Craw, a Bohemian, who was accused of heresy before such as then were called Doctors of Theology. The principal accusation against him was that, in his opinion of the Sacrament, he followed John Huss and Wycliffe, who denied that the substance of bread and wine were changed by virtue of any words, or that confession should be made to priests, or prayers made to saints departed.

      Paul Craw: A.D. 1431.

      God gave unto the said Paul Craw grace to resist his persecutors, and not to consent to their impiety, and he was committed to the secular

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