Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. The capital is Edinburgh, and the largest city is Glasgow. The population in 2022 was 5,436,600, and in 2019 Scotland accounted for 8% of the population of the U.K..[1]
Flag of Scotland
The Flag of Scotland is a white diagonal cross on a blue background. This symbol is called The Saltire or St. Andrew's Cross. This blue and white flag of Scotland should not be confused with The Royal Standard of Scotland, a yellow banner featuring red accents and a red rampant lion.
Scottish Culture and Language
The people of Scotland are called Scots. Ethnically most Scots are Celtic, sharing ancestry with the natives of Ireland. Scotland has three officially recognized languages: English, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic. [2]
The Scottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was the movement by which the people of Scotland broke with the papacy and developed a predominantly Calvinist national church, which was Presbyterian in form. It was part of the wider Protestant Reformation which began in 1517 in Germany.
Notable Scots
- Alistair Begg - Senior Pastor of Parkside Church, Cleveland, Ohio
- John Blackadder - Presbyterian Covenanter preacher
- James Blair - Missionary and Founder of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia
- William Chalmers Burns - Revival preacher, missionary to China
- Richard Cameron - Republican Covenanter and founder of the Cameronians
- Andrew Cant - Presbyterian minister and leader of the Covenanters
- Peter Taylor Forsyth - Theologian, principal of Hackney College, London
- Patrick Hamilton - The first Protestant martyr in Scotland, burnt at the stake in 1528
- John Knox - Leader of the Scottish Reformation
- David Livingstone - Explorer and explorer in Africa
- Alexander Mackay - Presbyterian missionary to Uganda
- John Murray - Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister
- John Paton - Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific
- Alexander Peden - Leading figure of the Covenanter movement
- Samuel Rutherford - Presbyterian pastor, theologian, and author, one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly
- John Willock - Protestant reformer
- George Wishart - Protestant reformer and martyr