It is important to add that we do most heartily rejoice in the resurgence of the teaching and preaching of the doctrines of sovereign grace among many of our Baptist brothers. Worldwide Outreach Christian Education. Ministries Chaplains and Military Personnel. Standards Searchable Bible.
Resources General Assembly. Gospel Tracts. Foreign Missions. Home Missions. Diaconal Ministries. Inter-Church Relations. Confessions and Catechisms. I would define a Presbyterian as one who subscribes to the presbyterian form of church government , especially the plurality of elders elected by congregations and the connectedness of the wider Church.
It is representative, like the American republic. You could argue, actually, that some of the Dutch Reformed denominations such as the RCUS and URCNA are presbyterian in their polity, and there's some truth to that, even if their names for things are a bit different. In summary: the words are not exactly synonymous, though they are certainly related in church history. The typical Reformed or Presbyterian, rather than getting all uptight about whether you're using the words accurately or not, would, I hope, just try to explain it to you!
Labels can be helpful, but they are only labels; sometimes they are not so helpful. Presbyterian is a name that defines a large body of believers. As in all large groups, there will be vastly different opinions and beliefs of its members.
Some members within a single Presbytery local group of Pressie churches will hold to the Westminster Standards as mentioned helpfully above and would be considered reformed in their stance. Other members of the same Presbytery might reject the standards of Westminster and thus would not be considered reformed and I would argue not truly Presbyterian in an historical sense, since they have rejected the standards of Presbyterianism.
So, Not all Presbyterians are reformed if they disagree with the Westminster Confession as their standard. And certainly there are many, many Christians from other non-Presbyterian denominations who would be reformed and agree with the Synod of Dordt , but do not necessarily hold to the Westminster Confession of Faith as their standard e.
Reformed Baptists, Dutch Reformed Church. They have other standards such as the Baptist Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism. Calvinism would, broadly speaking, be that set of doctrines as taught by John Calvin in his Institutes. These are considered to be a Reformed understanding of Scripture and one of the best Systematic theologies ever written. For an excellent summary of Church History and how some of these terms came into being have a look at Sketches from Church History by S.
It is an excellent summary of how the Church developed since the Apostles. The Presbyterian Church U. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.
To the point of "reformed church" this is a good description: The Reformation began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church, by priests who opposed what they perceived as false doctrines and ecclesiastic malpractice—especially the teaching and the sale of indulgences or the abuses thereof, and simony, the selling and buying of clerical offices—that the reformers saw as evidence of the systemic corruption of the Church's Roman hierarchy, which included the Pope.
If the aforementioned labels seem too specific, but Christian seems too broad, Evangelical Calvinist may be appropriate for those who are Calvinistic, and Reformed i. There are many, for example, who espouse Calvinistic theology, Covenant Theology, and Presbyterian polity, but may differ in Baptism, and may not categorically affirm Confessionalism either Presbyterian, Reformed, or Baptist.
They may even differ in views on the Charismata. Yet, the term " Evangelical " though having developed negative connotations and stereotypes in recent decades is a legitimate and respectable term which has described Protestant Calvinists Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, John Stott and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, most notably for centuries. While it can also encompass other theological systems e.
It's not a dumb question at all. Here's a simple answer that I think may help clarify. Presbyterian is simply one denomination under one much larger umbrella which is used to categorize a framework or lens for viewing God, the world and scripture.
Think of two frameworks like we have mammals and reptiles. Another way of putting this is that Dispensationalism is another lens or system of theology. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died as an atonement for sin, and physically resurrection on the third day. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He is fully divine. The Spirit applies the salvation that the Father planned and that the Son earned for sinners. He bestows spiritual gifts on believers that they are to use for the edification of the Church.
Baptism signifies inclusion into the Covenant community. Adults can be baptized if they never were as a child. Presbyterians believe Christ is spiritually present in the bread and cup. They reject the teaching of the Catholic church on transubstantiation.
Calvin taught that there are elders who preach and teach and others elders who help rule over the church. Elders in a local church comprise a session. Baptists are those who only have faith in Jesus, while Presbyterians have faith in both Jesus and newborn babies who are born in their residences. Presbyterians believe that everything that happens is destined or predecided.
But Baptists believe that hope in Jesus or God only can lead to heaven and nothing is predecided. Both the groups have their faith in God, but their way of practices and thinking makes them different from each other.
The difference between both Baptists and Presbyterians is that Baptists believe that nothing is predecided and believe in Jesus leads to heaven.
But Presbyterians believe in predestination. Baptists only have a belief in Jesus as they only keep those people who believe in Jesus. They do not purify children. Baptists believe that redemption can only be done if someone has true faith in Jesus.
Presbyterians believe in both Jesus and newly born babies. They believe that the newly born babies should get purified or baptized.
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