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| <p> a Scottish Protestant, was born at Kirkcaldy, in Fife, in the reign of James V, probably in 1520, and educated at the University of St. Andrews. He completed his studies on the Continent, and on his return to [[Scotland]] entered the family of the earl of Arran, but was dismissed in 1542 for embracing the Protestant religion. In 1546 he was implicated in the murder of cardinal Beaten; and having taken refige in the [[Castle]] of St. Andrews, which was afterwards compelled to surrender to the French, he was taken with the garrison to France. While confined at [[Rouen]] he wrote his work entitled [[Confession]] of Faith, but it was not published until 1584. He returned to Scotland about 1559. and, having joined the Congregation, was appointed one of the commissioners to treat with the duke of [[Norfolk]] on the part of queen Elizabeth. In 1563 he was made one of the lords of session, and was appointed by the General Assembly, with other learned men, to revise the Book of Discipline. He died at [[Edinburgh]] in 1579. </p> | | The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68312" /> |
| ==References == | | <p> [[Coadjutor]] of [[John]] Knox in the [[Scottish]] Reformation, and a fellow-sufferer with him in imprisonment and exile; afterwards contributed towards formulating the creed of the [[Scotch]] Church; born at Kirkcaldy, and educated in Germany; <i> d </i> . 1579. </p> |
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| <ref name="term_22781"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/balnaves,+henry Henry Balnaves from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | | <ref name="term_68312"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/balnaves,+henry Henry Balnaves from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
Coadjutor of John Knox in the Scottish Reformation, and a fellow-sufferer with him in imprisonment and exile; afterwards contributed towards formulating the creed of the Scotch Church; born at Kirkcaldy, and educated in Germany; d . 1579.
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