Quote Originally Posted by davidg View Post
Scotland was Presbyterean. John Knox and the Reformation and all that in the time of Mary Queen of Scots, a long time before. Yes, there were still Roman Catholics but they were being oppressed
It's probably also important to note in relation to his question that "majority" has no bearing on it. Not like it would today where democratic principles are more relevant to the workings of government. Only the religion of those with titles mattered, when it came to national decisions. And Protestants clearly held power since the Reformation, as has been said.

The religious history of Scotland is full of confusion and complexities (one might even say that the history of Scotland is the history of religious struggle), and it's never as simple as Catholic versus Protestant. I've been studying it for years, and still haven't made a dent on understanding it.