Reformed Churches

Reformed Churches
 ; Reformed tradition
   These terms (from the Latin reformare, meaning "to form again") refer to a major theological tradition that originated in Switzerland with Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) and John Calvin (1509-1564) but quickly spread to other countries in Europe before coming to North America in colonial times.

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