WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Scottish Reformation was the process by which Scotland broke with the Papacy and developed a predominantly Calvinist national Kirk (church), which was strongly Presbyterian in its outlook. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation that took place from the sixteenth century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Covenanters (Scottish Gaelic: Cùmhnantaich) were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name is derived from covenant, a biblical term for a bond or agreement with God.

Detailed explanation-3: -Calvinism is a theological orientation, not a denomination or organization. The Puritans were Calvinist. Presbyterians descend from Scottish Calvinists. Many early Baptists were Calvinist.

Detailed explanation-4: -Presbyterianism is a method of governing a denomination. It’s about structure, polity, and decision-making. It’s very often the structure of denominations that trace their origins back to the Reformation in Geneva led by John Calvin and others, which inspired the Reformation in Scotland under figures such as John Knox.

Detailed explanation-5: -Structure. The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian in its structure, governed by a system of local, regional and national ‘courts’ or councils. ‘Presbyterian’ government refers to the sharing of authority in the church by an equal number of ‘elders’ (elected from the membership of the church) and ministers.