The Scots Confession of Faith
By John Knox
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John Knox first became an observer of American politics during the Perot campaign of 1992. He has held a wide range of working class jobs. John is a lover of history, a fan of classic films, and literature. John wrote his Third House of Congress while watching, as so many Americans, were unable to change federal policies that imposed upon their lives.
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The Scots Confession of Faith - John Knox
John Knox
The Scots Confession of Faith
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Of God
Chapter 2: Of the Creation of Man
Chapter 3: Of Original Sin
Chapter 4: Of the Revelation of the Promise
Chapter 5: The Continuance, Increase, and Preservation of the Kirk
Chapter 6: Of the Incarnation of Christ Jesus
Chapter 7: Why It Behoved the Mediator to be Very God and Very Man
Chapter 8: Election
Chapter 9: Christ's Death, Passion, Burial, etc.
Chapter 10: Resurrection
Chapter 11: Ascension
Chapter 12: Faith in the Holy Ghost
Chapter 13: The Cause of Good Works
Chapter 14: What Works are Reputed Good before God
Chapter 15: The Perfection of the Law and Imperfection of Man
Chapter 16: Of the Kirk
Chapter 17: The Immortality of the Souls
Chapter 19: The Authority of the Scriptures
Chapter 20: Of General Councils, of Their Power, Authority, and Causes of Their Convention
Chapter 21: Of the Sacraments
Chapter 22: Of the Right Administration of the Sacraments
Chapter 23: To Whom the Sacraments Appertain
Chapter 24: Of the Civil Magistrate
Chapter 25: The Gifts Freely Given to the Kirk
Chapter 1: Of God
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We confess and acknowledge one only God, to whom only we must cleave, whom only we must serve, whom only we must worship, and in whom only we must put our trust:[1] who is eternal, infinite, immeasurable, incomprehensible, omnipotent, invisible;[2] one in substance, and yet distinct in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost;[3] by whom we confess and believe all things in heaven and in earth, as well visible as invisible, to have been created, to be retained in their being, and to be ruled and guided by his inscrutable Providence, to such end as his eternal wisdom, goodness, and justice has appointed them, to the manifestation of his own glory.[4]
1. Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:6; Deut. 4:35; Isa. 44:5-6.
2. 1 Tim. 1:17; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chron. 6:18; Ps. 139:7-8; Gen. 17:1; 1 Tim. 6:15-16; Ex. 3:14-15.
3. Matt. 28:19; 1 John 5:7.
4. Gen. 1:1; Heb. 11:3; Acts 17:28; Prov. 16:4.
Chapter 2: Of the Creation of Man
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We confess and acknowledge this our God to have created man (to wit, our first father Adam) to his own image and similitude, to whom he gave wisdom, lordship, justice, free will, and clear knowledge of himself; so