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Nicol Burne

Nicol Burne

Scottish controversialist

Nicol Burne (fl. 1574–1598) was a Scottish Roman Catholic controversialist.

For those of a similar name, see Nicholas Byrne and Nicholas Burns (disambiguation).

Life

Burne told Thomas Smeaton in Paisley that he wished to defend Catholic doctrines before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Smeaton excommunicated him, and Burne was arrested. He was confined in St Andrews Castle, and then taken to the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh. He remained there from 15 October 1580 to the end of January 1581. He was then exiled.[1]

Works

Burne is known through his Disputation[2] published in 1581 in Paris. In the epistle to the reader, Burne states that he was brought up a Calvinist. The work repeats slurs against John Knox and continental Protestant reformers.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Burne, Nicol" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. [2]
    The Disputation concerning the Controversit Headdis of Religion, haldin in the Realme of Scotland, the yeir of God ane thousand fyue hundreth four scoir yeiris, betuix the pretendit ministers of the deformed kirk in Scotland and Nicol Burne, Professor of Philosophie in S. Leonardis College, in the citie of Sanctandrois, brocht up from his tender eage in the peruersit sect of the Calvinistis and nou, be ane special grace of God, ane member of the halie catholic kirk, Dedicat to his Souerane the Kingis M. of Scotland, King James the Saxt.
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