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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..<ref>"A Beginner's Guide to UK Geography" Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 25 October 2022. </ref> | 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..<ref>"A Beginner's Guide to UK Geography" Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 25 October 2022. </ref> | ||
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'''The Scottish Reformation''' | '''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. | The [[Scottish Reformation]] was the movement by which the people of Scotland broke with the papacy and developed a predominantly [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] national church, which was [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] in form. It was part of the wider [[Protestant Reformation]] which began in 1517 in [[Germany]]. | ||
* Alistair Begg - Senior Pastor of Parkside Church, Cleveland, Ohio | '''Notable Scots''' | ||
* John Blackadder - Presbyterian Covenanter preacher | * [[Alistair Begg]] - Senior Pastor of Parkside Church, Cleveland, Ohio | ||
* James Blair - | * [[John Blackadder]] - Presbyterian Covenanter preacher | ||
* William Chalmers Burns - | * [[James Blair]] - Missionary and Founder of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia | ||
* Richard Cameron - Republican Covenanter and founder of the Cameronians | * [[William Chalmers Burns]] - Revival preacher, missionary to China | ||
* Andrew Cant - Presbyterian minister and leader of the Covenanters | * [[Richard Cameron]] - Republican Covenanter and founder of the Cameronians | ||
* Peter Taylor Forsyth - | * [[Andrew Cant]] - Presbyterian minister and leader of the Covenanters | ||
* Patrick Hamilton - first Protestant martyr in Scotland, burnt at the stake in 1528 | * [[Peter Taylor Forsyth]] - Theologian, principal of Hackney College, London | ||
* John Knox - | * [[Patrick Hamilton]] - The first Protestant martyr in Scotland, burnt at the stake in 1528 | ||
* David Livingstone - | * [[John Knox]] - Leader of the Scottish Reformation | ||
* Alexander Mackay - Presbyterian missionary to Uganda | * [[David Livingstone]] - Explorer and explorer in Africa | ||
* John Murray - Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister | * [[Alexander Mackay]] - Presbyterian missionary to Uganda | ||
* John Paton - Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific | * [[John Murray]] - Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister | ||
* Alexander Peden - | * [[John Paton]] - Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific | ||
* Samuel Rutherford - Presbyterian pastor, theologian, and author, one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly | * [[Alexander Peden]] - Leading figure of the Covenanter movement | ||
* John Willock - Protestant reformer | * [[Samuel Rutherford]] - Presbyterian pastor, theologian, and author, one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly | ||
* George Wishart - Protestant reformer and martyr | * [[John Willock]] - Protestant reformer | ||
* [[George Wishart]] - Protestant reformer and martyr | |||