November 26: John Knox is Buried (1572)
Parking Space Number 23 You might wonder what in the world is a post about a parking space doing in This Day in Presbyterian History? Well, if this author tells…
November 25: Parliament Orders Printing of Shorter Catechism (1647)
“The ripest fruit of the Assembly’s thought and experience.” It was on this day, November 25th, a Thursday in 1647, that the British House of Commons ordered the printing of the Shorter Catechism, composed…
November 24: Death of John Knox (1572)
On November 24, 1572, Scottish clergyman and reformer John Knox died in Edinburgh. God's Firebrand Finally Extinguished The nickname for John Knox, as used in our title above, was bestowed on him by…
November 21: Second Reformation of the Church of Scotland (1638)
Principles of the Second Reformation of Scotland (1638) The readers of these posts should be familiar with the first Reformation in Scotland, featuring John Knox and others who raised the…
November 19: John L. Burns
Two Heroes of Gettysburg Attend a Presbyterian Church The High Water Mark of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, had been fought that July of 1863. Attending just four months later in…