Historty and Church Doctrine : What Is Reformed Theology?
Have you ever asked or been asked the following questions: Are you Reformed? When did you become Reformed? Is this a Reformed church? These questions are common, but they can be surprisingly difficult to answer.1
So, what is Reformed theology? 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. The Reformers rejected the Roman Catholic
teaching on the nature of justification and the place of individual
saving faith. They also rejected the Roman Catholic claims about the
authority of the pope, asserting that the Bible alone held the place of
final authority in discussions of doctrine. Further, they rejected the
Roman Catholic understanding of worship and the place and meaning of the
sacraments of baptism and communion...
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