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Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental, Presbyterian, and Congregational traditions, as well as parts of the Anglican and Baptist traditions.

A foundational event that divided the Reformed from the Lutheran tradition occurred in 1529 when reformer Huldrych Zwingli of Zürich broke with Martin Luther on the topic of the Lord's Supper. A separate Reformed tradition developed over several generations, especially in Switzerland, Scotland and the Netherlands.

In the seventeenth century, Jacobus Arminius and the Remonstrants were expelled from the Dutch Reformed Church over disputes regarding predestination and salvation, and from that time Arminians are usually considered to be a distinct tradition from the Reformed. This dispute produced the Canons of Dort, the basis for the "doctrines of grace" or "five points" of Calvinism.

Reformed theology emphasizes the authority of the Bible, the sovereignty of God, and covenant theology, a framework for understanding the Bible based on God's covenants with people. Reformed churches have emphasized simplicity in worship. Several forms of ecclesiastical polity are exercised by Reformed churches, including presbyterian, congregational, and some episcopal. (Full article...)

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The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (P.L.C. Sydney), is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls, located in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the longest continuously running Presbyterian Church school in New South Wales.

Founded in 1888 by a committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy for all years apart from Year 11, and currently caters for approximately 1350 girls from Branxton Reception (4 years old) to Year 12 (18 years old), including 70 boarders. Student's attend P.L.C from all regions of the greater metropolitan area, New South Wales country regions, and overseas.

Formerly a school of the Presbyterian Church, Pymble Ladies' College is P.L.C's 'daughter school' in Pymble.

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  The Grote Kerk in Haarlem in the Dutch Republic, c. 1665 (from Reformed Christianity)
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  Dutch prime minister Abraham Kuyper initiated Neo-Calvinism. (from Reformed Christianity)
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  Statues of William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox, influential theologians in developing the Reformed faith, at the Reformation Wall in Geneva (from Reformed Christianity)
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  The Directory for Public Worship described what should (and shouldn't) occur in worship. (from Reformed Christianity)
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  Moses Amyraut formulated Amyraldism, a modified Calvinist theology regarding the nature of Jesus' atonement. (from Reformed Christianity)
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  The Shield of the Trinity diagrams the classic doctrine of the Trinity. (from Reformed Christianity)
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  The burning of the Guernsey Martyrs during the Marian persecutions in 1556 (from Reformed Christianity)
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  John Calvin depicted on his deathbed with church members in The last moments of Calvin, a late 19th century portrait by Lluís Domènech i Montaner (from Reformed Christianity)
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  Calvin preached at St. Pierre Cathedral in Geneva. (from Reformed Christianity)
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  A Reformed church in Koudekerk aan den Rijn in the Netherlands in the 19th century (from Reformed Christianity)
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  The seal of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, an early American Presbyterian church founded in 1789 (from Reformed Christianity)
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  The Parable of the Prodigal Son, depicted in a portrait by Rembrandt, illustrates forgiveness. (from Reformed Christianity)
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  Stephen Bocskai, leader of Hungarian Calvinists in the anti-Habsburg rebellion and first Calvinist prince of Transylvania (r. 1605–1606) (from Reformed Christianity)
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  Early Calvinism was known for simple, unadorned churches as depicted in this 1661 portrait of the interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam (from Reformed Christianity)
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  Fall of Man by Jacob Jordaens (from Reformed Christianity)

Did you know...

• ...that John Calvin's works include some 1,300 letters, making him "the great letter-writer of the Reformation age" according to B. B. Warfield?

• ...that Peter Martyr Vermigli's best known work, the Loci Communes, is a compilation of excerpts from his biblical commentaries published after his death?

• ...that John Duncan, a Scottish Presbyterian theologian and missionary, was affectionately known as "Rabbi", due to his knowledge of Hebrew and his passion for the Jewish people?

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Topics

Background: Christianity • St. Augustine • The Reformation • John Calvin • Five Solas • Synod of Dort

Theology: Five Points (TULIP) • Covenant Theology • Regulative principle

Documents: Calvin's Institutes • Confessions of faith • Geneva Bible

Influences: Theodore Beza • John Knox • Jonathan Edwards • Princeton theologians • Henry Cooke

Churches: Reformed • Presbyterian • Congregationalist • Reformed Baptist

Peoples: Afrikaner Calvinists • Huguenots • Pilgrims • Puritans • Scots • Ulster Protestants

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Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Scottish Second Reformation, More... Cleanup : Imputed righteousness Copyedit : Better integrate Calvinism, the Five points of Calvinism (and the pages for each point), and the History of Calvinist-Arminian debate. Revise unconditional election. Expand : Presbyterian worship, Unconditional election, Regulative principle of worship, More... NPOV : Charles Hodge, A. A. Hodge Stubs : Split-leaf psalter, Gaspar Karolyi, Westminster Standards, Christian philosophy, More... Verify : Puritan, Presuppositional apologetics Wikify : Imputed righteousness, First Great Awakening

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