The Scot's Confession

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Presbyterian Deacon

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Is anybody familiar with the Scot's Confession of 1590?

I saw a reference to it in something I was reading earlier, and am curious about it.

What say ye?
 
Presbyterian Deacon said:
VirginiaHuguenot said:
Yes, it's good.

Scots Confession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scottish Confession of Faith (1560)
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How does it compare to the Westminster Standards?
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That is a broad question and I'm a little tied up on a project right now to answer it in-depth, but A.F. Mitchell has a useful chapter on the Scots Confession in The Scottish Reformation: Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics, starting at p. 99. To give a short answer, the act of the Church of Scotland dated August 27, 1647 which approved the Westminster Confession of Faith declared that the WCF had been examined and "found by the Assembly [ie., General Assembly of the Church of Scotland] to be most agreeable to the Word of God, and in nothing contrary to the received doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of this Kirk".
 
It was written in Scots (the language). That is why it is not called the Scottish Confession. It was written by the "6 Johns"; John Knox being one of them.
 
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