Talk:Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560

Status of Law
I sent an email to the Statutory Publications Office, and this is what they came up with. Dear Dr Scott,

Thank you for your query of 20 March concerning the Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560, as passed by the Scottish Parliament.

You asked firstly about the current status of this law. The Act has not been repealed in the intervening years and remains on the statute book in Scotland.

You also asked for information about an English equivalent to the Act. There is no English Act of that name, or of a similar name, on SLD and I regret that I am unable to carry out the research that would be necessary to establish whether there might be any Act having a similar effect in England. However, the SLD does carry a number of old constitutional statutes and you can search for Acts of the English Parliament for the years in which you might be interested. In particular, you might wish to consider whether the Act of Supremacy 1558 (c. 1) would be helpful to you in your research.

Otherwise I would suggest that you refer to published sources in relation to your queries, as to which a law library may be able to assist.

Yours sincerely,

Graeme Jardin Senior Editor

So, there we have it, the act is still in force. Gavin Scott (talk) 18:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Meaning of the law
The article originally stated that the Act prohibited Scots from becoming Pope, but I do not think that is its meaning. It prohibits Scots from seeking any title (eg, bishop) or right, (eg, controlling land or property belonging to the church) on the say-so of the Pope, and so enacts that the Pope shall have no authority in Scotland over Scotland's church. The word "be" is a middle Scots spelling for "by".Abigailgem (talk) 11:37, 5 February 2011 (UTC)