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REFORMED CHURCHES

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 22 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REFORMED CHURCHES , the name assumed by those See also:

Protestant bodies who adopted the tenets of See also:Zwingli (and later of See also:Calvin), as distinguished from those of the Lutheran or Evangelical divines. They are accordingly often spoken of as the Calvinistic Churches, Protestant being sometimes used as a synonym for Lutheran. The See also:great difference is in the attitude towards the See also:Lord's Supper, the Reformed or Calvinistic Churches repudiating not only See also:transubstantiation but also the Lutheran consubstantiation. They also reject the use of crucifixes and other symbols and ceremonies retained by the See also:Lutherans. Full details of these divergences are given in M. Schneckenburger, Vergleichende Darstellung See also:des lutherischen and reformierten Lehrbegriffs (See also:Stuttgart, 1855) ; G. B. See also:Winer, See also:Comparative Darstellung (See also:Berlin, 1866; Eng. tr., See also:Edinburgh, 1873). See also See also:REFORMATION; See also:PRESBYTERIANISM; See also:CAMERONIANS.

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