Christian History Timeline: Journeying with John Knox
April 1, 1995
John Knox [John Knox ]
Other Reformation Events EARLY YEARS IN SCOTLAND
1514 Probable date of birth in Haddington 1516 Erasmus publishes Greek New Testament 1517 Luther posts 95 Theses 1518 Zwingli comes to Zurich and begins Swiss Reformation 1525 Anabaptist movement begins; Tyndale publishes English New Testament 1529–36 England’s Henry VIII gradually breaks with Rome 1530 Augsburg confession solidifies Lutheran movement 1534 Ignatius Loyola founds Jesuit Order to renew Roman Catholic Church 1536 Graduates from University of St. Andrews and is ordained a priest 1536 Calvin publishes first edition of Institutes of the Christian Religion; Menno Simons baptized as an Anabaptist 1540 Becomes a notary (minor legal official) and a tutor 1543 Converted to Protestantism 1545 Becomes associate and bodyguard to George Wishart 1546 Wishart martyred; Cardinal Beaton murdered; Protestants at St. Andrews Castle put under siege 1547 Knox flees to the Castle; preaches his first Protestant sermon; Castle falls; imprisoned as galley slave in France for 19 months INTERLUDE IN ENGLAND
1549 Begins pastoring in Berwick, England; establishes his preaching reputation 1549 Cranmer’s first Book of Common Prayer 1550 Meets Mrs. Elizabeth Bowes and her daughter Marjory 1552 Moves to London; disputes practice of kneeling at Communion; refuses to become bishop of Rochester 1553 Forced into hiding when Catholic Mary Tudor becomes queen EXILE IN EUROPE
1554 Flees to France, then Zurich and Calvin’s Geneva; pastors an English congregation in Frankfurt 1555 Dispute over the liturgy forces him to Geneva; pastors an English congregation there; returns to Scotland secretly; weds Marjory Bowes and does missionary work 1556 Condemned for heresy in Scotland; returns to Geneva with wife and mother-in-law ...
If you're a Christian History & Biography print subscriber...
...but have not yet registered for online access to CTLibrary.com, you can receive a full-year's access for just $29.95!
Register here
| | If you're NOT a Christian History & Biography print subscriber...
You're entitled to a special, introductory offer for new subscribers only! Subscribe now and receive a one-year Christian History & Biography print magazine subscription and one-year access to all Christian History archives for just $39.95!
Subscribe now!
|
| 
Find similar articles
E-mail this page
