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- adjective Of the whole body of
Protestant churches originating in theReformation , or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on thedoctrine ofconsubstantiation , etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.
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Against those who separated from us in Philadelphia, 1833, erecting a rival judicatory, and dishonestly claiming the name Reformed
Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery
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Above all they must have learned that their great heresy had carried its chastisement with it, that within something they called a Reformed Church other heresies had been developed which demanded condign punishment at the hands of that new Church, and that there could be neither rest for them in this world nor salvation in the next except by returning to the bosom of their ancient mother.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Above all they must have learned that their great heresy had carried its chastisement with it, that within something they called a Reformed Church other heresies had been developed which demanded condign punishment at the hands of that new Church, and that there could be neither rest for them in this world nor salvation in the next except by returning to the bosom of their ancient mother.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Above all they must have learned that their great heresy had carried its chastisement with it, that within something they called a Reformed Church other heresies had been developed which demanded condign punishment at the hands of that new Church, and that there could be neither rest for them in this world nor salvation in the next except by returning to the bosom of their ancient mother.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1618 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Above all they must have learned that their great heresy had carried its chastisement with it, that within something they called a Reformed Church other heresies had been developed which demanded condign punishment at the hands of that new Church, and that there could be neither rest for them in this world nor salvation in the next except by returning to the bosom of their ancient mother.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1614-23) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Mr Hendrikse preaches from pulpits in Dutch-Reformed parishes in the cities of
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Mr Hendrikse preaches from pulpits in Dutch-Reformed parishes in the cities of
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I grew in Dutch Reformed western Michigan with a propitious Netherlander name.
Jeff DeGraff: The New Mass As New Coke Jeff DeGraff 2012
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I grew in Dutch Reformed western Michigan with a propitious Netherlander name.
Jeff DeGraff: The New Mass As New Coke Jeff DeGraff 2012
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The purpose of this book is not to set forth a new system of theological thought, but to give a re-statement to that great system which is known as the Reformed Faith or Calvinism, and to show that this is beyond all doubt the teaching of the Bible and of reason.
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