Scots Confession of 1560
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Reformed Churches tend to have what are called Subordinate standards, or Confessions of Faith.
In August 1560 the Parliament of Scotland agreed to reform the religion of the country. To enable them to decide what the Reformed Faith was to be they set Knox, and another 5 Johns, John Winram, John Spottiswoode, John Willock, John Douglas, and John Row, to prepare a confession. This they did in 4 days, producing a remarkable document.
These 25 Chapters spell out a contemporary statement of the Faith as understood by the followers of Calvin during his life time.
While the Parliament approved the Confession Queen Mary refused to agree, and the Confession was not enacted as law until 1567. It remained the Confession of the Church of Scotland until it was superseded by the Westminster Confession of Faith in 1648.
