Presbyterianism
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- noun
- /ˌprɛzbɪˈtɪəriənɪzəm/
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presbiterianismo
- Bancroft, like Hooker and Whitgift, had been an ardent opponent of Presbyterianism for several years and had been groomed for the archbishopric by Whitgift himself.
Examples
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First, the Scots believed that when the English agreed to follow the true religion, Scottish Presbyterianism would become England's national religion.
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This being Scotland, we were infused by Presbyterianism.
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John Knox, sixteenth-century founder of Scottish Presbyterianism.
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Everyone agreed, however, that Lady Margaret had inherited her father's rigid Presbyterianism as well as his strong character; but she was also generous, loyal, tender-hearted, and sincere.
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The divorce of the Scottish Church from Rome gave Scotland an autonomy not previously possessed, and the structure of Knoxian and later true Presbyterianism itself helped to establish it as a national religion (at least legally) that involved people at all levels of society.
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John Knox returned from Geneva, bringing with him ideas of a pure Calvinist religion to Scotland, which later developed into Presbyterianism (hereafter referred to as Knoxian Presbyterianism).
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The strongest words came from Rev. William Comrie, the erstwhile founder of Auckland Presbyterianism, who took the view that there was no possibility of any rapprochement between Catholics and Protestants.
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Machen represented confessional, Old School Presbyterianism as a traditional form of the faith.
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The most important standards of orthodox Presbyterianism include the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Catechisms of 1647.
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Atencio's father was converted at age twelve to Presbyterianism, becoming one of New Mexico's first Hispano Presbyterian ministers.
Synonyms
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A Christian church that follows John Calvin and has leaders called elders
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A set of official religious beliefs that a Christian church teaches
How Self-Governing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Presbyterianism = Presbyterian (semi-transparent) = presbyter + ian + ism
Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ism' to 'Presbyterian' to denote the system or doctrine associated with that group.
Etymology
The word Presbyterianism comes from the Greek presbyteros, which means 'elder'. So it is the name for the beliefs and church government where local leaders are chosen as elders to lead the church instead of bishops.