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The Reformed Church in Romania consist of two dioceses. These are: Reformed Diocese of Királyhágómellék [7] Reformed Diocese of Transylvania [8] In Transylvania, the Calvinist faith took root in the 16th century. In 1564, a Synod was held in Nagyenyed (today Aiud) when the Calvinist and Lutheran churches separated.
The largest interdenominational association is the World Communion of Reformed Churches with more than 100 million members in 211 member denominations around the world. [98] [99] Smaller, conservative Reformed associations include the World Reformed Fellowship and the International Conference of Reformed Churches.
The list includes the following Christian denominations: the Catholic Church (including the Eastern Catholic Churches), Protestant denominations with at least 0.2 million members (including Anglican churches, which are sometimes described as a via media between Catholicism and Protestantism), the Eastern Orthodox Church (and its offshoots), the Oriental Orthodox Churches (and their offshoots ...
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is the largest association of Reformed churches in the world.It has 230 member denominations in 108 countries, together claiming an estimated 80 million people, [1] thus being the fourth-largest Christian communion in the world after the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. [2]
Reformed faith spread throughout Europe in the 16th century, with different character in different places. Calvinism was the dominant form of Protestantism in France. After a period of struggle, Calvinists were officially tolerated there. Under the leadership of John Knox, the Church of Scotland, which is Reformed, became the established church ...
Reformed Baptists, Particular Baptists and Calvinistic Baptists, [1] are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation belief). [2] Depending on the denomination, Calvinistic Baptists adhere to varying degrees of Reformed theology, ranging from simply embracing the Five Points of Calvinism, to accepting a modified form of federalism; all Calvinistic Baptists reject the classical ...
The biggest Reformed association is the World Communion of Reformed Churches with more than 80 million members in 211 member denominations around the world. [113] [114] There are more conservative Reformed federations like the World Reformed Fellowship and the International Conference of Reformed Churches, as well as independent churches.
t. e. A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder. It is a secular and neutral term, generally used to denote ...