26 Facts About Reformed theology

Namesake of the movement, French reformer John Calvin, embraced Protestant beliefs in the late 1520s or early 1530s, as the earliest notions of later Reformed theology tradition were already espoused by Huldrych Zwingli.

The most important Reformed theology theologians include Calvin, Zwingli, Martin Bucer, William Farel, Heinrich Bullinger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Theodore Beza, and John Knox.

Contemporary Reformed theology theologians include Albert Mohler, John MacArthur, Tim Keller, John Piper, Joel Beeke, and Michael Horton.

Several forms of ecclesiastical polity are exercised by a group of Reformed theology churches, including presbyterian, congregationalist, and some episcopal.

The biggest Reformed theology association is the World Communion of Reformed theology Churches, with more than 100 million members in 211 member denominations around the world.

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The vast majority of churches that trace their history back to Calvin do not use it themselves because the designation "Reformed theology" is more generally accepted and preferred, especially in the English-speaking world.

The document demonstrates the diversity as well as unity in early Reformed theology, giving it a stability that enabled it to spread rapidly throughout Europe.

Reformed theology theologians believe that God communicates knowledge of himself to people through the Word of God.

Reformed theology theologians emphasize the Bible as a uniquely important means by which God communicates with people.

Traditionally, Reformed theology theologians have followed the medieval tradition going back to before the early church councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon on the doctrine of the Trinity.

Reformed theology Christians have especially emphasized that Christ truly became human so that people could be saved.

Some contemporary Reformed theology theologians have moved away from the traditional language of one person in two natures, viewing it as unintelligible to contemporary people.

Many, but not all, Reformed theology theologians continue to make use of the threefold office as a framework because of its emphasis on the connection of Christ's work to Israel.

In Christian Reformed theology, people are created good and in the image of God but have become corrupted by sin, which causes them to be imperfect and overly self-interested.

Reformed theology theologians emphasize that this sinfulness affects all of a person's nature, including their will.

Reformed theology theologians teach that sin so affects human nature that they are unable even to exercise faith in Christ by their own will.

Reformed theology Christians believe that God predestined some people to be saved and others were predestined to eternal damnation.

Since the 19th century some of the Reformed theology churches have modified their understanding of the regulative principle and make use of musical instruments, believing that Calvin and his early followers went beyond the biblical requirements and that such things are circumstances of worship requiring biblically rooted wisdom, rather than an explicit command.

Congregational churches are a part of the Reformed theology tradition founded under the influence of New England Puritanism.

Reformed theology reinterpreted some of these passages, and suggested that others of them had been rendered irrelevant by changed conditions.

Reformed theology dismissed the argument that it is wrong to charge interest for money because money itself is barren.

Reformed theology said that the walls and the roof of a house are barren, too, but it is permissible to charge someone for allowing him to use them.

Pierre Bayle, a Reformed theology Frenchman, felt safer in the Netherlands than in his home country.

Reformed theology was the first prominent philosopher who demanded tolerance for atheists.

The other Reformed theology churches took over this system of church self-government, which was essentially a representative democracy.

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Reformed theology's political thought aimed to safeguard the rights and freedoms of ordinary men and women.