Council of Edinburgh

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf council
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Scottish_nationalism
gptkb:Scottish_Covenanters
gptkb:Church_of_Scotland
Reformed theology
gptkbp:discusses Religious tolerance
Religious practices
Church authority
Church governance
Theological disputes
gptkbp:dissolved 1649
gptkbp:documentedIn Acts_of_the_General_Assembly
gptkbp:established 1638
gptkbp:goal Reformation of the Church
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:St._Giles'_Cathedral
1638
gptkbp:historicalContext 16th century Scotland
gptkbp:historicalImpact Long-term_effects_on_Scottish_society
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Religious_conflict_in_Scotland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Council of Edinburgh
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Modern_Scottish_Church
Presbyterianism
Presbyterian_polity
Scottish_identity
Political_landscape_of_Scotland
Scottish_political_thought
gptkbp:influencedBy English Civil War
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Scottish_clergy
Scottish_reformers
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Scottish_Enlightenment
gptkbp:location gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Robert_Baillie
gptkb:Andrew_Melville
gptkb:John_Knox
gptkb:James_Melville
gptkbp:notableEvent Signing of the National Covenant
Declaration of the National Covenant
The Great Covenant
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:The_Book_of_Discipline
Establishing a national church
Establishment of presbyteries
Rejecting episcopacy
Formation_of_the_General_Assembly
Formation_of_the_Scottish_Church
gptkbp:outcome National Covenant
Confession of Faith
gptkbp:performedBy Scottish_nobles
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Scottish_Parliament
Covenanters
Scottish ecclesiastical history
Scottish Reformation history
Scottish_history
gptkbp:resultedIn Establishment_of_Presbyterian_governance
gptkbp:significance Scottish Reformation
gptkbp:type religious council