[A1567/12/5]¹

Anent the trew and haly kirk and of thame that ar declarit not to be of the samin

Item, forsamekle as the ministeris of the blissit evangell of Jesus Christ, quhome God of his mercie hes now rasit up amangis us, or heirefter sall rais, aggreing with thame that now levis in doctrine and administratioun of the sacramentis, and the pepill of this realme that professis Christ as he now is offerit in his evangell, and do communicat with the haly sacramentis (as in the reformit kirkis of this realme ar publictlie administrat) according to the Confessioun of the Faith, our soverane lord, with avise of my lord regent and thre estatis of this present parliament, hes declarit and declaris the foirsaid kirk to be the onlie trew and haly kirk of Jesus Christ within this realme; and decernis and declaris that all and sindrie quha outher gainsayis the word of the evangell, ressavit and apprevit as the heidis of the Confessioun of Faith professit in parliament of befoir in the yeir of God 1560 yeiris, as alswa specifyit in the actis of this parliament, mair particularlie dois expres, and now ratifyit and apprevit in this present parliament, or that refusis the participatioune of the haly sacramentis as thay ar now ministrat, to be na memberis of the said kirk within this realme now presently professit, swa lang as thay keip thame selfis sa deuydit fra the societie of Christis body.