Search
Your search for 'dc_creator:( "Veddeler, Berend" ) OR dc_contributor:( "Veddeler, Berend" )' returned 1 result. Modify search
Did you mean: dc_creator:( "veddeler, berend" ) OR dc_contributor:( "veddeler, berend" )Sort Results by Relevance | Newest titles first | Oldest titles first
Reformed Churches
(9,343 words)
[German Version]
I. History and Theology
1. Terminology. For programmatic theological reasons, the Reformed churches rejected the exonym
Calvinist churches. They referred to themselves as Reformed churches because they did not think of themselves as new churchdoms alongside the one holy church but as a part of that church, albeit as part of it renewed according to God’s Word in Holy Scripture. In speaking of themselves, therefore, they eschewed references to a theological founder or a particular place of origin. The 17th-century formula
ecclesia reformata semper reformanda means that the …
Source:
Religion Past and Present