Reformation & Seminaries
The Penal Laws made it unthinkable, at least at first, to have the new institutes anywhere in Scotland, and so we looked to friendly...
Reformation 3
The Council of Trent (1542-62), which had been convened by the Pope to help the Church respond to the upheaval of the Reformation, had,...
Reformation 2
The wealth and power of the Church in Scotland, which had been responsibly accrued as an unintended consequence of its hard work, aroused...
Reformation
The “Reformation Parliament” met in Edinburgh and made the celebration of Mass in Scotland illegal; the pilgrimages which had been such a...
Welfare and Education provided by the Church
The Church was astronomically wealthier than the State, but its wealth was responsibly acquired and generously put to use to provide a...
Declaration of Arbroath
The Faith held in common between the highest and the lowest in the land helped to unify the nation. One moment of national unity was the...
Friars and Canons
Distinct from the Monastic Orders were the Mendicant ( literally “begging”) Friars espoused a wandering, preaching lifestyle of Gospel...
The Monastic Orders
Saint Margaret's son, David, saint and king, continued his mother's policy to encourage the Monastic Orders to come to Scotland, and the...
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scots
Eventually, so many embraced the ways of Christ that we became a Christian country with Christian Kings and Queens, among whom stands out...
Spreading the Faith 3
Through the pioneering work of the early missionaries, many in our land turned to Christ Our Lord. People would want to know how they...