When King Charles I and Archbishop William Laud attempted in 1638 to force Scotland to adopt the English prayer books and a form of church government controlled by bishops, the Scots balked.
They were so fierce about it that bishops fearing for their lives fled to England and just one,the bishop of Brechin,read the new book in the kirk.He did so with a pair of loaded pistols in his hands pointed at his congregation.
By imposing the prayer book the king hoped to bring Scottish forms of worship to in line with England's.But the people suspected a plot,especially as some detested rituals,including kneeling when taking communion,and oral confessions,had been reintroduced.
The Church of Scotland (CofS, known informally as The Kirk) is the national church of Scotland. It is a Presbyterian church,shaped by the Scottish Reformation of 1560. Its current membership is about 12% of the Scottish population - although many more Scots claim some form of allegiance to it.
Brechin is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. The town is well known for its eleventh century round tower, one of only three of these Irish-style monuments surviving in Scotland.
They were so fierce about it that bishops fearing for their lives fled to England and just one,the bishop of Brechin,read the new book in the kirk.He did so with a pair of loaded pistols in his hands pointed at his congregation.
By imposing the prayer book the king hoped to bring Scottish forms of worship to in line with England's.But the people suspected a plot,especially as some detested rituals,including kneeling when taking communion,and oral confessions,had been reintroduced.
The Church of Scotland (CofS, known informally as The Kirk) is the national church of Scotland. It is a Presbyterian church,shaped by the Scottish Reformation of 1560. Its current membership is about 12% of the Scottish population - although many more Scots claim some form of allegiance to it.
Brechin is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. The town is well known for its eleventh century round tower, one of only three of these Irish-style monuments surviving in Scotland.
References :
"A Chronicle Of World History From AD 1000 To The End Of 1999 - Millenium Year By Year",Dorling Kindersley - London,New York,Sydney,Delhi,Paris,Munich,Johannesburg,1999
Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969
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