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Calvinism has been known at times for its simple, unadorned churches and lifestyles, as depicted in this painting by Emmanuel de Witte where the 17th century congregation stands to hear a sermon. ...
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John Calvin John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a prominent Christian theologian during the Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism. ...
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as portrayed in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ...
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The Protestant Reformation was a movement which emerged in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe. ...
| | Doctrinal distinctives
Five Solas
Five points of Calvinism
Reformed confessions The Five Solas are five Latin phrases (or slogans) that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers basic beliefs and emphasis in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day. ...
Calvinist theology is often identified in the popular mind as the so-called five points of Calvinism, which are a summation of the judgments (or canons) rendered by the Synod of Dort and which were published in the Quinquarticular Controversy as a point-by-point response to the five points...
| | Prominent influences
Theodore Beza
Synod of Dort
Puritan theology
Jonathan Edwards
Princeton theology
Karl Barth
Theodore Beza (Theodore de Beze or de Besze) (June 24, 1519 - October 13, 1605) was a French theologian living most of his life in Switzerland and scholar and participant in the Protestant Reformation. ...
The Synod of Dort met in the city of Dordrecht in 1618-1619, as a national assembly of the Dutch Reformed Church, to which were invited representatives from the Reformed churches in eight foreign countries. ...
The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ...
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The Princeton theology is a tradition of conservative, Christian, Reformed and Presbyterian theology at Princeton Seminary, in Princeton, New Jersey. ...
Karl Barth on the cover of TIME magazine Karl Barth (May 10, 1886 - December 10, 1968) was a Swiss Christian theologian, and one of the leading thinkers in the neo-orthodox movement. ...
| | Church movements
Reformed
Presbyterian
Congregationalist
Reformed Baptist
The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Zwinglian or Calvinist system of doctrine but organisationally independent. ...
Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ...
The name Reformed Baptist does not refer to a distinct denomination but instead is a description of the churchs theological leaning. ...
| | Historic movements
Boers/Afrikaners
Huguenot
Pilgrims
Puritan
Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer. ...
Afrikaners are white South Africans of predominantly Calvinist Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Friesian and Walloon descent who speak Afrikaans. ...
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ...
This article is about the colonists of North America. ...
The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ...
| The Reformed churches express their consensus of faith in various creeds. A few creeds are shared by many denominations. Different denominations use different creeds, usually based on historical reasons. Some of the common creeds are (with year of writing): The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Zwinglian or Calvinist system of doctrine but organisationally independent. ...
Continental The Three forms of unity are common among Reformed churches with origins in the European continent (especially those in the Netherlands). The Heidelberg Catechism is a document taking the form of a series of questions and answers, for use in teaching Reformed Christian doctrine. ...
The Canons of Dort is one of the confessional standards of the Netherlands. ...
Helvetic Confessions, the name of two documents expressing the common belief of the Reformed churches of Switzerland. ...
Presbyterian The Westminster Standards also have common use, among Reformed churches (known commonly as the Presbyterian churches) with origins in the British Isles. The Westminster Confession of Faith is the chief doctrinal product of the Protestant Westminster Assembly. ...
The Westminster Shorter Catechism (also known simply as the Shorter Catechism, hereinafter referred to as the WSC) was written in the 1640s by English and Scottish divines. ...
The Westminster Larger Catechism along with the Westminster Shorter Catechism is the catechism of Presbyterians througout the World. ...
Congregationalist The Independents declined from Reformed theology on issues of the role of the magistrate, and the powers of higher church courts, but retained the Calvinist system touching many other issues.
Baptist Some of the Baptist churches came alongside of the Puritan movement in England, and in doing so sought to agree as far as conscience allowed, in the Calvinistic form of doctrine which prevailed among the Presbyterians and many Congregationalists. Except for their few exceptions concerning congregational church governance, and adult baptism, these "Particular" Baptists adopted the Reformed faith. Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. ...
The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ...
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