The next meeting of the Scottish Reformation Society in Stornoway will be at the Nicolson Institute Assembly Hall on Friday 26th January at 7.30pm.
Speaker – Matthew Vogan, Edinburgh
Title – “The Sufferings of those who faithfully resisted the Articles of Perth.”
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King James vi of Scotland wished to impose practices on the Church of Scotland in an attempt to integrate it with the Episcopalian Church of England. This move was unpopular with those Scots who held Calvinist views on worship, and with those who supported Presbyterian church government. The King introduced the Five Articles of Perth in 1618.
The articles provided for
- kneeling during communion
- private baptism
- private communion for the sick or infirm
- confirmation by a Bishop
- the observance of Holy Days “enjoined the ministers to celebrate the festivals of Christmas and Easter”
The talk will look at the people who resisted the Five Articles in order to preserve purity of worship and practice in the Church. The year 2018 is the 400th anniversary of the Articles of Perth.
