the Six Johns

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The Six Johns were a group of six Scottish Protestant reformers named John who jointly authored the 1560 Scots Confession, a foundational document of the Scottish Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish Protestant reformer group
group of people
associatedWith Church of Scotland
Parliament of Scotland
authorOf Scots Confession
confessionType Reformed confession of faith
country Kingdom of Scotland
dateOfWork 1560
denomination Reformed
documentGenre confession of faith
fieldOfWork religious reform
theology
hasMember John Douglas
John Knox
John Row
John Spottiswood
John Willock
John Winram
influenced doctrine of the Church of Scotland
influencedBy Reformed churches
surface form: Continental Reformed theology

John Calvin
languageOfWork Scots
location Scotland
movement Scottish Reformation
namedAfter the given name John
notableWork Scots Confession
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
roleIn drafting the Scots Confession
significance helped establish Protestantism as the national religion of Scotland
significantEvent Scottish Parliament of 1560 adopting the Scots Confession
theologicalTradition Calvinism
timePeriod 16th century

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