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  2. Reformed Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Reformed Christianity, [1] also called Calvinism, [a] is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed , Presbyterian , and Congregational traditions, as well as parts of the Anglican (known as "Episcopal" in some regions) and ...

  3. John Calvin - Wikipedia

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    Calvinist doctrines were influenced by and elaborated upon the Augustinian and other Christian traditions. Various Congregational, Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world. Calvin was a tireless polemicist and apologetic writer who generated much controversy.

  4. Portal:Reformed Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed, Presbyterian, and Congregational traditions, as well as parts of the Anglican (known as "Episcopal" in some regions) and Baptist traditions.

  5. History of Reformed Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Sixteenth-century portrait of John Calvin by an unknown artist. From the collection of the Bibliothèque de Genève (Library of Geneva). John Calvin is the most well-known Reformed theologian of the generation following Zwingli's death, but recent scholarship has argued that several previously overlooked individuals had at least as much influence on the development of Reformed Christianity and ...

  6. List of Reformed denominations - Wikipedia

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    The Reformed Church of France survived under persecution from 1559 until the Edict of Nantes (1598), the effect of which was to establish regions in which Protestants could live unmolested. These areas became centers of political resistance under which the Calvinist church was protected until 1628, when La Rochelle , the Protestant center of ...

  7. Protestantism - Wikipedia

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    A majority of Protestants [g] are members of a handful of Protestant denominational families; Adventists, Anabaptists, Anglicans/Episcopalians, Baptists, Calvinist/Reformed, [h] Lutherans, Methodists, Moravians, Plymouth Brethren, Presbyterians, and Quakers. [13]

  8. Outline of Protestantism - Wikipedia

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    Calvinism – a Protestant theological system based in large part on the teachings of John Calvin, a reformer. Continental Reformed Churches – Calvinist churches which trace their origin in the European continent. Presbyterianism – a denomination adhering to Calvinist views, with governance by elders (presbyters)

  9. Continental Reformed Protestantism - Wikipedia

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    Continental Reformed Protestantism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that traces its origin to continental Europe. Prominent subgroups are the Dutch Reformed , the German Reformed the Swiss Reformed , the French Huguenots , the Hungarian Reformed , and the Waldensian Church in Italy.