One thing lead to another, and I found above at the following site . Do you know what the purification of women following childbirth entailed?
The issue was not simply a dispute over a few outward ceremonies and forms of worship. Rather, it was a battle between two radically different underlying conceptions of worship. One view contains the very seed of idolatry, because it allows men to fashion worship in a manner of their own choosing. The other view jealously strives to preserve the purity of God's worship, by admitting only those practices established in scripture.
How was the regulative principle arrived at? Was Scripture so clear on this, that John Knox's view was pretty much unassailable, or has this principle changed over time?
Throughout his labours, Knox was fearless in preaching the word of God. In June 1559, Knox headed toward St. Andrews, planning to preach "for reformation to be made there." When the local papal bishop heard about these plans, he took measures to stop Knox. The bishop's design was simple: if Knox presented himself to preach at St. Andrews, the Reformer would be saluted with a dozen guns, "whereof the most part should light upon his nose."[11]
Fully aware of the bishop's "good mind" toward him, Knox proceeded with his plans to preach, refusing to be intimidated in the slightest way. The Reformer took as his text selections from Matthew and John passages which describe Christ's cleansing of the temple. Knox drew parallels between the corruptions in the temple and the contemporary corruptions of Popery. He noted Christ's actions in order to stress the responsibility of reformation by "those to whom God gives the power and zeal thereto." Knox's message was so effective that "the magistrates, the provost and bailies, [as well] as the commonalty for the most part, within the town, did agree to remove all monuments of idolatry, which also they did with expedition." During the process, the papal priests remained stupefied, "even as dumb as their idols who were burnt in their presence."[12]
Per link you provided, it is was interesting to note John Knox's take on the Lord's Supper, relative to the question of kneeling, when partaking. He argued that Jesus and his Disciples sat at table, so that must be the manner in which one partakes of it. How do the Orthodox Presbyterians (that is what John Knox was?) celebrate the Lord's Supper?
I don't know much about the Anglican faith regarding "purification of women." Sounds pretty dated, I imagine.
Knox would be called a Presbyterian today. In his time Presbyterian referred to the method of church governance that was founded on the Reformed teaching of John Calvin in Geneva which Knox studied and brought back to Scotland.
In our Presbyterian church we sit in the pews in order to partake of the grace of the Lord's Supper while the bread and wine are passed throughout the congregation. Here's a good link:
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