what Biblical examples does Knox provide of believers who disobeyed Authority by refusing to submit to false religion

John Knox in a defence of why no one should submit to the "False Religion" expounded on the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel, comparing the Pope with the Antichrist. His sermon was marked by his consideration of the Bible as his sole authority and the doctrine of justification by faith alone, two elements that would remain in his thoughts throughout the rest of his life.

Again, before the general assembly in 1954 an argument broke out between Knox and Maitland over the authority of the civil government. Knox retorted that the Bible notes that Israel was punished when it followed an unfaithful king and that the Continental reformers were refuting arguments made by the Anabaptists who rejected all forms of government. The debate revealed his waning influence on political events as the nobility continued to support Mary

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