LIMA — First Evangelical & Reformed Church is holding a hymn sing at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 14, at the church, located at 320 W. Wayne St., Lima. Coffee and cookies will be served after the hymn sing ...
Reformed Christians are a small part of a much larger body of believers who love and serve Jesus Christ. We’re part of a family that includes Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Evangelical, and a host of other churches that confess and practice the Christian faith.
At its core, Reformed theology is a framework of Christian belief that emerged from the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. The Reformers—leaders like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli —challenged key theological teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
After the great controversy among these churches over the Lord’s Supper (after 1529), the followers of Martin Luther began to use the name Lutheran as a specific name, and the name Reformed became associated with the Calvinistic churches (and also for a time with the Church of England).
Reformed theology came as a result of the Protestant Reformation that began in the early 16th Century, due to the recognition of the false and unbiblical beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, [a] is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
At its most basic level, the term Reformed theology refers to the theological conclusions flowing out of the Protestant Reformation. The early Reformers, such as Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Calvin, had sharp and specific criticisms of late medieval Roman Catholic theology.
This theological section of the site covers all aspects of Reformed Theology, including the doctrine of God, Christ, salvation, covenant and practical theology.