「蘇格蘭信仰告白」(The Scots Confession,1560)是第一篇用英文撰寫的改革宗信條,其基調就是喀爾文的「唯聽從上帝的話」,由蘇格蘭國會通過接納,是啟開蘇格蘭「長老教會主義」的重要文獻。諾克斯同時也撰寫了《紀律一書》(The First Book of Discipline),書中對教會的基本法及財務有所建議。他認為民眾有知識才能真正地接受上帝的話,故力陳建立普遍的國民教育,為了愛與關懷,他鼓勵對教區中的窮人妥善地照顧。
^MacGregor 1957,第229–231頁 harvnb模板錯誤: 無指向目標: CITEREFMacGregor1957 (幫助); Ridley 1968,第531–534頁 harvnb模板錯誤: 無指向目標: CITEREFRidley1968 (幫助). Until David Hay Fleming published new research in 1904, John Knox was thought to have been born in 1505. Hay Fleming's conclusion was that Knox was born between 1513 and 1515. Sources using this date include MacGregor 1957,第13頁 harvnb模板錯誤: 無指向目標: CITEREFMacGregor1957 (幫助) and Reid 1974,第15頁 harvnb模板錯誤: 無指向目標: CITEREFReid1974 (幫助). Ridley notes additional research supports the later date which is now generally accepted by historians. However, some recent books on more general topics still give the earlier date for his birth or a wide range of possibility; for example: Arthur. F. Kinney and David. W. Swain (eds.)(2000), Tudor England: an Encyclopedia, p. 412 (between 1505 and 1515); M. E. Wiesner-Hanks (2006), Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789, Cambridge University Press, p. 170 (1505?); and Michael. A. Mullet (1989), Calvin, Routledge, p. 64 (1505).
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