Return of John Knox

Date: May 2, 1559 • Location: Rome, Italy

Presbyterian clergyman John Knox returned from exile to lead the Scottish Reformation.

Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named after its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Now, even though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word Presbyterian is applied to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenter groups that were formed during the English Civil War, 1642 to 1651.