Gordon was brought up and remained a lifelong Roman Catholic, at a time when the Church was being persecuted in Scotland, which had become Calvinist.
1	Gordon	Gordon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	3:nsubj:pass|6:nsubj:pass|10:nsubj:xsubj	Discourse=context-background:13->16:3|Entity=(2-person-giv:inact-cf1-1-coref-Patrick_Gordon)
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	3:aux:pass	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	0:root	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	3:compound:prt	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	6:cc	_
6	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	3:conj:and	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	10:det	Entity=(2-person-giv:act-cf1-4-coref-Patrick_Gordon
8	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	10:amod	_
9	Roman	Roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	10:amod	XML=<ref target:::"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church">
10	Catholic	Catholic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	6:xcomp	Entity=2)|SpaceAfter=No|XML=</ref>
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	14:punct	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	14:case	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	14:det	Entity=(30-time-new-cf4-2-sgl
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	3:obl:at	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	20:advmod	Discourse=context-circumstance:14->13:0
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	17:det	Bridge=2<31|Entity=(31-organization-acc:inf-cf3-2-sgl-Catholic_Church
17	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	20:nsubj:pass	Entity=31)
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	20:aux	_
19	being	be	AUX	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	aux:pass	20:aux:pass	_
20	persecuted	persecute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	14:acl:relcl	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	22:case	_
22	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	20:obl:in|26:nsubj	Entity=(10-place-giv:inact-cf2-1-coref-Scotland|SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	26:punct	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	22:ref	Discourse=elaboration-attribute:15->14:0
25	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	26:aux	_
26	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	acl:relcl	22:acl:relcl	_
27	Calvinist	Calvinist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	xcomp	26:xcomp	Entity=10)30)|SpaceAfter=No|XML=<ref target:::"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism"></ref>
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	3:punct	_
