John Spottiswoode

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Archbishop Scottish minister historian human theologian

John Spottiswoode was a 16th-century Scottish minister and theologian who became Archbishop of St Andrews and a leading figure in the early Church of Scotland.

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John Spottiswoode canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop ⓘ
Scottish minister ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
birthDate 1565 ⓘ
birthPlace Calder, Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
clergyRank Archbishop ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1639 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedAt University of Glasgow ⓘ
University of St Andrews ⓘ
familyName Spottiswoode ⓘ
father John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
monarchServed Charles I of England ⓘ
James VI and I ⓘ
notableFor leading figure in the early Church of Scotland ⓘ
role in establishing episcopacy in Scotland ⓘ
notableWork The History of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
occupation Archbishop of St Andrews ⓘ
minister ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
participatedIn Scottish church politics under James VI and I ⓘ
Scottish ecclesiastical reforms in the early 17th century ⓘ
introduction of the Articles of Perth ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Glasgow ⓘ
surface form: Archbishop of Glasgow

Bishop of St Andrews ⓘ
surface form: Archbishop of St Andrews

Lord Chancellor of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Chancellor of Scotland

Primate of All Scotland ⓘ
predecessor George Gledstanes (Archbishop of St Andrews) ⓘ
James Beaton (Archbishop of Glasgow) ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousDenomination Church of Scotland ⓘ
succeededBy John Maxwell (Archbishop of Glasgow) ⓘ
John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession ⓘ
theologicalTradition Reformed ⓘ

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Scots Confession → coAuthor → John Spottiswoode ⓘ
First Book of Discipline → author → John Spottiswoode ⓘ