2007-01-27 10:00:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
In John Stalker's (1905) John Knox: His Ideas and Ideals, the followers were given the name of "heretics" (pp. 15-16).
I think you are referring to the Scottish Reformed Church. In Stalker, it is referred to as just the "Church of Scotland" (109). That is in the context of after the "Romanists" had lost their grip.
2007-01-27 10:50:03 · answer #1 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The followers of John Knox became known as Presbyterian's.
John Knox was born in Lothian, Scotland, in 1513. After being educated at the University of St. Andrews he became a Roman Catholic priest in Haddington. He came under the influence of George Wishart, a supporter of the Protestant Reformation.
David Beaton, the Archbishop of St. Andrews, had George Wishart burnt at the stake as a heretic in 1546. His followers, including John Knox, were blamed for Beaton's assassination three months later. Know was arrested and imprisoned by the French and was not released until Edward VI intervened in February, 1549.
Knox moved to England and in 1551 John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, arranged for him to be appointed as one of the king's chaplains. When Mary Tudor came to power Knox was forced to flee to Frankfurt. In 1555 he moved to Geneva where he worked closely with John Calvin.
In 1559 Knox published First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.
In 1560 Knox returned home and became minister of St. Giles in Edinburgh.
Over the next few years Knox helped to establish Presbyterianism in Scotland.
2007-01-27 10:07:27 · answer #2 · answered by Kate 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
John Knox contributed to the founding of the protestant Church of Scotland, now know as Presbyterian Church. He followed the teachings of Calvin.
2007-01-27 10:06:58 · answer #3 · answered by sammy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Knox's followers were known as Presbyterians
2007-01-27 10:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean now? Presbyterians? Free Church of Scotland? or do you mean then, when he was alive? How about socially destructive, culture killing, intellectually smug, disruptive iconoclasts, vandals, or joy slaughtering bullying yahoos. And most importantly; winners.
2007-01-27 10:11:26 · answer #5 · answered by colinchief 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd say they were basically Calvinists...
2007-01-27 10:04:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋