Catholicism. In that same year Knox took refuge at the castle and accepted the call to the Reformed ministry. From the pulpit of the Parish Church he declared that the wicked lives of the clergy, the corrupt Catholic doctrine and the "blasphemous papal pretensions" proved that the Church of Rome was apostate. In the autumn of 1547 the castle was attacked by the French fleet and was forced to surrender. Knox and those of his followers at the castle were taken to France, where he was made a galley slave. His release was arranged by the
