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Reformed

Reformed

8 7.2
A Protestant church tradition that follows Calvin's teaching about how God saves people
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈfɔrmd/
translation icon : reformado
  • The Reformed Church holds firmly to the teachings of Calvinism.
  • Reformed Church
  • Reformed Theology
  • Reformed tradition

Well, before that, the Reformed Protestants had their own Bible.

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Examples

  • There were no pastors' manuals written by Reformed authors or specifically for Reformed pastors.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Neither political consideration nor philosophical argument changed the minds of the majority of Dutch Reformed clergy.

    Academic text (2010)

  • I was raised as a Christian Reformed Baptist, and I still believe in God.

    Tom Bilyeu

  • Well, before that, the Reformed Protestants had their own Bible.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • It's very important for Lutherans, for Reformed Christians.

  • Apparently, officials of the Dutch East India Company and clerics of the Dutch Reformed Church had missed the message.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Being examined on the basic distinctives of the Reformed Faith was expected and welcomed.

    Blog text (5)

  • Down at the corner, the bell in the white steeple of the Dutch Reformed Church began to clang.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Thirdly, a conversation with a prominent Reformed Baptist professor and theologian gave me pause.

    Blog text (22)

  • The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), based in Geneva, considered canceling a dialogue session.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

Calvinistic
vsReformed
1 9.6

Relating to the Christian belief that God chooses who will be saved and controls events

is broader, about churches and traditions from the Reformation rather than doctrines
Calvinistical
vsReformed
  • Formal
9.9

About the religious beliefs and teachings of Calvinism

is broader, about churches and traditions from the Reformation rather than doctrines

Compounds

Evangelical and Reformed Church
8.9

A Protestant Christian church formed in 1934 when two American churches joined

Surface Forms

Reformed positive

Morphology

Reformed = reform (semi-transparent) = re + form + ed

The form is transparently built from reform + ed, but the church-theological sense is a specialized historical label rather than a fully literal participial meaning.

Etymology

Reformed comes from the parts re- ('again') and form ('shape') and from the big church change called the Reformation, when parts of the church were 'shaped again' by new ideas. So Reformed today describes Protestant churches that began in that Reformation and keep its changed teachings.