John Knox

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Presbyterian minister Protestant reformer Scottish Reformer person theologian

John Knox was a 16th-century Scottish Reformer and fiery preacher who led the establishment of Presbyterianism in Scotland and became one of the most influential figures of the Protestant Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Presbyterian minister ⓘ
Protestant reformer ⓘ
Scottish Reformer ⓘ
person ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
associatedWith Edinburgh ⓘ
Geneva ⓘ
birthYear 1514 ⓘ
1515 ⓘ
burialPlace St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh (churchyard site)
church Church of Scotland ⓘ
deathYear 1572 ⓘ
denomination Reformed ⓘ
education University of St Andrews ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
influenced Presbyterianism ⓘ
Reformed churches in Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
influencedBy George Wishart ⓘ
Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
John Calvin ⓘ
knownFor establishing Presbyterianism in Scotland ⓘ
fiery preaching ⓘ
leading the Scottish Reformation ⓘ
opposition to Catholicism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
legacy key architect of Presbyterian church governance in Scotland ⓘ
major figure of the wider Protestant Reformation ⓘ
movement Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
name John Knox self-link ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opposed Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
placeOfBirth near Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh, Scotland
politicalView resistance to ungodly rulers ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
role founder of Presbyterian polity in Scotland ⓘ
leader of the Scottish Reformation ⓘ
spouse Margaret Stewart ⓘ
Marjorie Bowes ⓘ
supported Protestant nobility in Scotland ⓘ
theologicalTradition Reformed ⓘ
wrote History of the Reformation in Scotland ⓘ
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women ⓘ

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