Reformation · 1560

Scots Confession

John Knox (c. 1514-1572)

The first Reformed confession adopted by a national parliament, the Scots Confession was drafted in four days in August 1560 by John Knox and five colleagues as Reformation reached Scotland. Its 25 articles cover the full range of Protestant doctrine, from God and creation through election, the person of Christ, the church, the sacraments, and civil authority. Written with the direct urgency of men who had just secured a national religious settlement, it served as the constitutional statement of the Scottish Reformed Church until the Westminster Confession replaced it in 1647.

39 min total · 26 chapters