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  • Origin of Protestant Scotland: 'Beggars Summons' of 1559?

    05/14/2005 8:13:49 AM PDT · by gobucks · 24 replies · 880+ views
    Request for Info... ^ | 14 May 2005 | Gobucks
    The Beggar's Summons was a document that appeared on New Years Day Morning, 1559, on every church door in Scotland. It basically told the Roman Catholic Church, (in Scotland, as most of Europe, the RC church was the only legal chruch for hundreds of years), that their days were over and to get out by Easter. John Knox returned from exile shortly thereafter, and within 1.5 years, which saw the defeat of French Roman Catholic armed invasion, the Priests were evicted and the Pope disavowed. The Presbryterians took over. Scotland was utterly transformed. All RC Churches became 'Kirks'. But, the...