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James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and thus a potential successor to all three thrones. He acceded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother was forced to abdicate in his favour.
The eldest son of James VI and Anne of Denmark, Prince Henry, was baptised at Stirling in 1594. The celebrations involved a tournament of running at the ring in fancy dress, desserts and fruits served by six ladies from a moving stage drawn by a " Moor ", and a model ship loaded with fish made from sugar.
James VI and I was baptised Roman Catholic, but brought up Presbyterian and leaned Anglican during his rule. He was a lifelong Protestant , but had to cope with issues surrounding the many religious views of his era, including Anglicanism , Presbyterianism , Roman Catholicism and differing opinions of several English Separatists .
An article published together with the official declaration to that effect gave reasons for that judgment, summed up in the following words: "The Baptism of the Catholic Church and that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints differ essentially, both for what concerns faith in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in whose name Baptism is ...
Portrait of James when Duke of York in 1684, by Godfrey Kneller. Mary of Modena in c. 1687 after her coronation as queen consort, a portrait by Godfrey Kneller.. James's predecessor and elder brother, King Charles II, had come to the throne in the 1660 Stuart Restoration, which followed the English Civil Wars, the execution of Charles I and the five year republic known as The Protectorate.
King Charles II opposed James's conversion, ordering that James's daughters, Mary and Anne, be raised in the Church of England. [49] Nevertheless, he allowed the widowed James to marry Mary of Modena, a fifteen-year-old Italian princess. [50] James and Mary were married by proxy in a Roman Catholic ceremony on 20 September 1673. [51]
The gospel accounts place the beginning of Jesus' ministry in the countryside of Roman province Judaea, near the River Jordan. [1]The gospels present John the Baptist's ministry as the precursor to that of Jesus and the baptism of Jesus as marking the beginning of Jesus' ministry, after which Jesus travels, preaches and performs miracles.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Brooklyn. [2] It is located at the corner of Jay Street and Cathedral Place in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. [3] It was built in 1903 and designed by George H. Streeton in the Neo-Georgian style. [1]