HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Anabaptists
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Protestants
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Presbyterians
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Followers of Knox became known as Presbyterians.-They also deposed their Catholic ruler, Mary Queen of Scots, in favor of her infant son, James.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Knox, (born c. 1514, near Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland-died November 24, 1572, Edinburgh), foremost leader of the Scottish Reformation, who set the austere moral tone of the Church of Scotland and shaped the democratic form of government it adopted.
Detailed explanation-3: -Presbyterianism originated in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and the teachings of John Calvin of Switzerland and John Knox of Scotland.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ultimately, Knox wanted to uphold his obedience towards God. To do so, he did his best to spread Protestantism to others. He did so not only because he believed that it was his religious duty to God but because he believed there were eternal stakes involved for each member of humanity.