Reformed churches

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Christian religious tradition Protestant Christian denominations

Reformed churches are Protestant Christian denominations rooted in the 16th-century Reformation, characterized by Reformed theology, an emphasis on God's sovereignty, and a focus on Scripture as the ultimate authority in faith and practice.

Aliases (18)

Reformed Christianity ×29
Continental Reformed churches ×8
Reformed theology ×4
Reformed Christians ×2
Reformed Church ×2
Swiss Reformed churches ×2
Continental Reformed ×1
German Reformed churches ×1
Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the United States ×1
Protestant Church of Geneva ×1
Reformed Baptist ×1
Reformed Church in America ×1
Reformed Churches ×1
Reformed Protestant ×1
Reformed Protestantism ×1
Reformed churches in England ×1
Reformed churches in the Low Countries ×1
Swiss Reformed Church ×1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious tradition → Protestant Christian denominations →
affirmsConfession	Belgic Confession → Canons of Dort → Heidelberg Catechism → Westminster Confession of Faith →
associatedWithTheologyOf	Huldrych Zwingli → John Calvin → Martin Bucer → Theodore Beza →
cooperatesThrough	World Communion of Reformed Churches →
developedFrom	Reformed branch of the Reformation →
distinguishesFrom	Anabaptist churches → Lutheran churches →
emergedInOppositionTo	Roman Catholic Church doctrines of the 16th century →
emphasizes	God's sovereignty → the authority of Scripture →
emphasizesDoctrine	covenant theology → justification by faith alone → the glory of God as the chief end of humanity →
emphasizesEthic	discipline and ordered Christian life → vocation as service to God →
hasRootIn	16th-century Protestant Reformation →
hasTheologicalTradition	Reformed theology →
historicallyStrongIn	Hungary → Scotland → South Africa → Switzerland → parts of Germany → the Netherlands →
includesDenomination	Christian Reformed Church in North America → Church of Scotland → Continental Reformed churches → Dutch Reformed churches → Presbyterian churches → Reformed Church in America → Swiss Reformed churches → United Reformed Churches →
influencedByDocument	Institutes of the Christian Religion →
isBranchOf	Protestantism → Western Christianity →
practicesSacrament	Lord's Supper → baptism →
presentIn	Africa → Asia → Europe → Latin America → North America →
regardsAsUltimateAuthority	Holy Scripture →
rejects	many medieval Catholic traditions not grounded in Scripture → supreme doctrinal authority of the Pope →
sharesDoctrineWith	other Calvinist traditions →
stressesPractice	congregational singing of psalms and hymns → expository preaching →
teachesDoctrine	irresistible grace → limited atonement → perseverance of the saints → total depravity → unconditional election →
teachesViewOfLordSupper	spiritual presence of Christ in the Eucharist →
typicallyPractices	infant baptism →
usesChurchPolity	presbyterian polity → synodal polity →
usesWorshipPrinciple	regulative principle of worship →

Referenced by (80)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Belgic Confession ("Reformed Christianity") → Dominie Hendrik Scholte ("Reformed Christianity") → John Owen ("Reformed Christianity") → Karl Barth ("Reformed Christianity") → Moderator of the General Assembly ("Reformed Christianity") → Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers ("Reformed Christianity") → Resonate Global Mission ("Reformed Christianity") → Scots Confession ("Reformed Christianity") → Second Helvetic Confession ("Reformed Christianity") → The Doctrine of the Saints’ Perseverance Explained and Confirmed ("Reformed Christianity") → The Freedom of the Will ("Reformed Christianity") → World Communion of Reformed Churches ("Reformed Christianity") →	religiousTradition
Canons of Dort ("Continental Reformed churches") → Guido de Brès ("Continental Reformed churches") → Heinrich Bullinger ("Reformed churches in England") → Huldrych Zwingli → Institutes of the Christian Religion ("Continental Reformed churches") → Jehan Cauvin → John Calvin → Martin Bucer ("Reformed theology") → Second Helvetic Confession ("Swiss Reformed churches") → Zacharias Ursinus ("German Reformed churches") →	influenced
Caspar Olevianus ("Reformed Christianity") → Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel ("Reformed Christianity") → Francis Turretin ("Reformed Christianity") → Guido de Brès ("Reformed Christianity") → Heinrich Bullinger ("Reformed Christianity") → Louis Segond ("Reformed Christianity") → Martin Bucer ("Reformed Christianity") → Samuel Miller ("Reformed Christianity") → Synod of Dort ("Reformed Christianity") →	religion
Apostles’ Creed → Christian catechism → Christian liturgical year → Fifth Head of Doctrine → Post Tenebras Lux → Second Head of Doctrine →	usedBy
Belgic Confession ("Continental Reformed churches") → Church Order of Dort ("Continental Reformed churches") → Heidelberg Catechism ("Continental Reformed churches") → Westminster Larger Catechism →	denominationalUse
De Standaard ("Reformed theology") → Essays to Do Good ("Reformed theology") → Thirty-Nine Articles ("Reformed theology") →	influencedBy
Caspar Olevianus ("Reformed Protestantism") → Charles Spurgeon ("Reformed Baptist") → Francis Schaeffer ("Reformed Christianity") →	movement
Eastertide → Holy Saturday ("Reformed Churches") → Resurrection Sunday ("Reformed Christians") →	observedBy
Claudine Denosse ("Reformed Christianity") → St. Pierre Cathedral ("Swiss Reformed Church") → WTS ("Reformed Christianity") →	religiousAffiliation
Ascension Day → Pentecost →	celebratedBy
Reformed churches ("Continental Reformed churches") → Reformed churches ("Swiss Reformed churches") →	includesDenomination
Commentaries on the Bible → Three Forms of Unity ("Continental Reformed churches") →	usedIn
Reformation Day →	associatedWithDenomination
Confession de foi du chrétien ("Reformed Christians") →	audience
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow ("Reformed Church in America") →	denomination
Free Reformed Churches of North America ("Continental Reformed") →	denominationalFamily
Lutheranism ("Reformed Christianity") →	differsFrom
Nicene Christianity →	dominantInBranch
American Protestantism ("Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the United States") →	hasDenominationalFamily
St. Pierre Cathedral ("Protestant Church of Geneva") →	hasDiocese
Western Christianity ("Reformed Christianity") →	hasMajorBranch
WTS ("Reformed Protestant") →	hasReligiousCharacter
Heiden ("Reformed Church") →	hasReligiousCommunity
Debrecen ("Reformed Church") →	hasReligiousTradition
Protestant Christianity →	hasSubtradition
Virgin Birth of Jesus →	heldBy
Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem →	isLiturgicallyObservedBy
Guido de Brès ("Reformed churches in the Low Countries") →	memorializedBy
ReFrame Ministries ("Reformed Christianity") →	parentTradition
Transubstantiation →	rejectedBy
Apprentice Boys of Derry ("Reformed Christianity") →	religiousOrientation
Samuel Mather ("Reformed Christianity") →	tradition
Quadragesima →	usedInTradition