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A-Z: General definitions: Presbyterian
Definition
Member of the Presbyterian Church, a worldwide Protestant church, which is governed not by bishops but by minsters and lay elders. The church follows the teaching of John Calvin. See Calvinism; Reformed.
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1. Term for a worshipping community of Christians.
2. The building in which Christians traditionally meet for worship.
3. The worldwide community of Christian believers.
Christians whose faith and practice stems from the Reformation movement in the sixteenth century which resulted in new churches being created as an alternative to the Roman Catholic Church.
In certain Christian denominations leader of the Christian community within a geographical area.
1. The heads of families in Israelite society.
2. Leaders of congregations in the Early Church.
3. The twenty- four crowned figures shown seated on thrones in the Book of Revelation.
John Calvin (1509-64). Leading figure in the Reformation.
The system of belief taught by John Calvin, a French Reformation scholar and translator working from Geneva in the 1500's.
1. Improved in character or condition. 2. When use of religious belief or practice, suggests the removal of perceived errors or abuses. 3. (With capital) used of Christians whose faith and practice stems from the Reformation movement, 16th Century.
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