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Covenanting in Sixteenth-century Scotland.
- Source :
- Scottish Historical Review; 2020 Supplement, Vol. 99, p336-348, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- In 1638 the National Covenant deliberately looked backwards, as well as forwards, by incorporating the text of the Negative Confession (1581). Its authors utilised the patchwork of sixteenth-century covenant ideas by drawing upon religious bonding, confessions of faith and the coronation oath. Deeply familiar actions and gestures were used alongside the words, and especially the emotional ritual of taking a vow with hands upraised. This resonated with the broader identity and culture of protestants as a godly people, who, like the Old Testament Israelites, upheld their covenantal relationship with God by the 'purity'of their reformed worship and discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COVENANTS (Law)
OATHS
PUBLIC demonstrations
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00369241
- Volume :
- 99
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scottish Historical Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 146948736
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3366/shr.2020.0485