Reformed Church

Church Hist.: The name given first to the Helvetic Church, which rejected both transubstantiation and consubstantiation, regarding the communion as simply a commemorative ordinance. [LORD'S SUPPER.] Afterward, the name Reformed Churches was extended to all other religious bodies who held similar sacramental views. The founder of the Helvetic Church was Ulrich Zwingli, who began to preach reformed doctrines in 1516, and in 1519 engaged in a contest with Samson, a seller of indulgences. D'Aubigné ( Hist . Ref . , bk. xv.), himself a Swi , shows that from 1519 to 1526 Zurich was the center of the Swi Reformation, which was as then entirely German, and was propagated in the eastern and northern parts of the Helvetic Confederation. Between 1526 and 1532 the movement was communicated from Berne; it was at once German and French, and extended to the center of Switzer IMG:content-0360.png:[blocks in formation] "The unpure glo es of the reform a liz ing Pharisee." Loe: Bli e of Brightest Beauty , p. 25. ref-or-mā-tion (1), *ref-or-ma-ci-on, s . [Fr. reformation, from Lat. reformationem, acc us. of reformatio, from reformat us , pa. par. of reformo = to reform (q. v.).] The act of reforming; the state of being reformed; correction or amendment of life or manners, or of anything corrupt, vicious, or objectionable; the reform or redre of grievances or abuses. "This shall certainly be our portion, as well as his, unle we do prevent it by a speedy reformation of our lives." Sharp: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 6. The Reformation : land from the gorges of the Jura to the deepest Here the Reformation was e entially French. The first or German part of the movement was conducted by Zwingli, till his death at the battle of Cappel (Oct. 11,1531), the second by various reformers, the third part by William Farel, and then by John Calvin. [CALVIN IST.] During the last and the present century rationalism has extensively pervaded the Swi Church. Reformed Church of England, Reformed Episco pal Church: [FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.] Reformed Presbyterians, s. pl . Church Hist.: On May 25, 1876, the Reformed Presbyterian Synod almost unanimously joined the Free Church. (For their early history see Cameron i an.)