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A major figure of the Scottish Reformation, a founder of Presbyterianism, and intellectual force behind educational reforms at the Universities of Glasgow, St Andrews, and Sedan, Andrew Melville was a fierce defender of the independence of the church from government control in Scotland. His reputation as a scholar of languages, the Bible, Aristotle, and critic of royal encroachments on the church led him into direct interaction with famous theologians like Theodore Beza and into confrontation with King James VI of Scotland (James I of England). His replacement of bishops with local presbyteries established a new norm of church governance in Scotland that continues to the present day and impacted church structure throughout a wide range of Protestant movements.
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Kleidosty, J. (2022). Melville, Andrew. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_524
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