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There's no better forum for this kind of question. But, does anyone know any of the following regarding Presbyterians?
founder circumstances of the founding specific event regarding the founding encounter regarding the founding reasons for emergence of the religion how the religion spread current population of this religion specific (or general) geographic location of this religion if it evolved from its beginnings / how / why what rituals emerged from the beginning what the practice looks like how they go about the practice of their faith major celebrations how they are different from celebrations of other religions what they believe major faith statements they practice uniquity that sets it apart from other religions of the US who the clergy are what their hierarchical structure is how their rules and regulations differ from other religions uniquity of the religion |
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The word "presbyterian" comes from "presbuteros" -- Greek for "elder." It refers to the system, in apostolic times, of choosing leaders from among the wisest members of the Church.
John Calvin is known as the father of Presbyterianism. Click here for his biography Martin Luther, a German priest and professor, started the movement known as the Protestant Reformation when he posted a list of 95 grievances against the Roman Catholic Church on a church door in Wittenburg, Germany in 1517. Some 20 years later, a French/Swiss theologian, John Calvin, further refined the reformers' new way of thinking about the nature of God and God's relationship with humanity in what came to be known as Reformed theology. John Knox, a Scotsman who studied with Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland, took Calvin's teachings back to Scotland. Other Reformed communities developed in England, Holland and France. The Rev. Francis Mackemie, who arrived in the U.S. from Ireland in 1683, helped to organize the first American Presbytery at Philadelphia in 1706. One of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. John Witherspoon, was a Presbyterian minister Here are some links that will give you more information. Presbyterian Creeds & Confessions History of the Early American Presbyterian Church The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Celebrations |
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