TULIP, was Re: Dark Book - Draco - Calvinism

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 177348

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Alan Wilson"
<bawilson at ...> wrote:
>
> Not all Calvinist/Presbyterian/Reformed churches subscribe to TULIP; 
> and, even within those churches who do, not all individual believers 
> do.


lizzyben:

The Church of Scotland *does* subscribe to TULIP, as I outlined in my
longer post. The Church of Scotland is a traditional Reformed
(Calvinist) church. I don't know what doctrines JKR personally
subscribes to. But I do think it's safe to say that she is a Calvinist
- she is a member of a Calvinist church & has attended that church for
12+ years, christianed her child there, etc. Whether her specific
faith influenced Harry Potter is another issue altogether, & subject
to debate.

John Knox and the Church of Scotland

Second in importance to John Calvin for the history of Presbyterianism
is John Knox, a Scotsman who lived from 1514 to 1572. Knox led the
Reformation in Scotland in accordance with Calvinistic principles,
focusing much of his energy against the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots,
and Catholic practices like the mass. He "set the austere moral tone
of the Church of Scotland and shaped the democratic form of government
it adopted." {4} The presbyterian form of church government and
Reformed theology were formally adopted as the national Church of
Scotland in 1690. The Church of Scotland remains Presbyterian today.
 
http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/presbyterian/history.htm