John Davidson and The General Assembly of 1596
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In this article, we consider one of the most remarkable post-Reformation revivals in Scottish church history. It concerns what happened at the General Assembly of the Scottish Reformed Church, in 1596. It is little known by Christians in Scotland today; it was a long time ago. Yet one contemporary historian, David Calderwood (1575–1650), was to write that “This year [1596] is a remarkable year in the history of the Kirk of Scotland.”