A-Z: General definitions
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- Abraham
- Abraham Lincoln
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- Adolf Hitler
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A-Z: General definitions: Reformed
Definition
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 in the sixteenth century which resulted in new churches being created as an alternative to the Roman Catholic Church. Its main protagonist was the teacher John Calvin. See Calvinism; Presbyterian.
1. Devout, involved in religious practice
2. Member of a religious order, a monk or nun.
Name originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church.
Belief and trust in someone or something.
Term given to the movements of church reform which in the sixteenth century resulted in new Protestant churches being created as an alternative to the Roman Catholic Church.
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.
A worldwide Christian church which traces its origins from Peter, one of the disciples of Jesus. It has a continuous history from earliest Christianity. Its centre is the Vatican Palace, Rome, where the Pope resides.
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.
Member of the Presbyterian Church, a worldwide Protestant church, which is governed not by bishops but by minsters and lay elders.
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