改革之后的苏格兰议会像英格兰一样,无条件支持教会统一法令。他们以苏格兰长老会为唯一的正统。从英格兰宗教迫害中逃出的一些新教徒将爱德华六世的第二版公祷书(1552年)带到苏格兰,诺克斯本来也支持此这个宗教宪法,然而后来因受加尔文的影响而自创了《苏格兰教会公共秩序书》(Book of Common Order),后者在1562年被苏格兰长老会批准成为正式的教会祈祷书,它到1643年才被《威斯敏斯特公共敬拜指南》(Westminster Directory)取代。[27]
苏格兰长老会在1560年通过《第一纪律书》(First Book of Discipline)来规定教会的运作方法,用来实施改革后教会的政策。教会打算将牧师派驻苏格兰各地来传播新的教义,[28] 但当时人手缺乏,因此设有监督者和其他一些职位来统一管理一个教区的教育情况。[29] 不过实际上这些举措因为教会收入过低都难以见效。[30] 原因是1562年的一项法令使得新教会无法继承旧教会的大部分财产,改革后教会收入只有之前的六分之一,而大部分利益都被贵族纳入囊中。[31] 1567年时整个苏格兰只有257名牧师,还不足当时全部1,067所教堂的数量。[32] 而1590年分为50个区会的苏格兰也只在每个区内有20名牧师。[26]
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