Preface

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1. The Reformed Tradition and Its Multiple Facets

1.0 Preface

1.1 The Great Variety of Names

1.2 The History of the Reformed Churches: A Brief Survey

1.2.1 The Reformation

1.2.2 Consolidation of the Reformation Movement

1.2.3 Persecutions and New Horizons

1.2.4 The 19th Century

1.2.5 Two World Wars and Their Aftermath

1.2.6 Recent Developments

1.3 The Reformed Heritage: Christus Solus -- God to Be Glorified in All Things -- Salvation and Trinitarian Thinking -- The Authority of the Bible -- Confessions of Faith -- The Church -- Prayer and Worship -- Discipleship and Discipline -- Ministries and Church Order -- The Church: Local and Universal -- Called to Be Witnesses of the Gospel -- Truth and Unity -- Church and State -- The Witness of the Church in Society -- The Church as Wandering People

2. List of Reformed Churches

Appendix: Churches of Christ (Disciples)

3. Theological Schools with Reformed Training

4. International Reformed Organizations: World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC), International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches (IFFEC), International Congregational Fellowship (ICF), International Council of Christian Churches (ICCC), International Council of Reformed Churches (ICRC), World Fellowship of Reformed Churches (WFRC), International Reformed Fellowship (IRF)

5. Unions, Union Negotiations, and Dialogues with Churches of Different Confessional Backgrounds

6. List of Contributors

7. Maps