Reformed Church of France

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The Reformed Church of France was the main Protestant (Calvinist) church in France, historically shaped by the Huguenot tradition and later by state regulations such as the Napoleonic religious settlements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Calvinist denomination
Protestant church body
Reformed church
allows married clergy
churchPolity presbyterian
synodal
clergyEducation Protestant theological faculties in France
confessionalBasis Reformed confessions
confessionalInfluence John Calvin
Theodore Beza
country France
denominationalFamily Reformed
governance presbyterian-synodal polity
hasClergyType pastor
hasDoctrine authority of Scripture
justification by faith alone
sovereignty of God
historicalCenter Cévennes region
linked to: Cévennes

La Rochelle
Paris
historicalMinorityStatus religious minority in France
historicalPredecessor Huguenot churches
influencedBy Genevan Reformation
Swiss Reformation
languageOfWorship French
legalStatus recognized cult under French law (19th century)
mainAreaOfActivity metropolitan France
linked to: Metropolitan France
memberOf World Alliance of Reformed Churches
World Council of Churches
mergedInto United Protestant Church of France
mergerPartner Evangelical Lutheran Church of France
mergerYear 2013
originatesFrom French Reformation
participatedIn French ecumenical movement
persecutedIn 16th century France
17th century France
practices Lord's Supper
linked to: Holy Eucharist

infant baptism
recognizedBy French state
linked to: France
regulatedBy Organic Articles of 1802
religion Protestantism
shapedBy Edict of Nantes
Napoleonic religious settlements
linked to: Concordat of 1801

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
status defunct as independent denomination
successor United Protestant Church of France
theology Calvinism
tradition Huguenot
linked to: Huguenots
worshipStyle liturgical Reformed

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Organic Articles of 1802 affects Reformed Church of France
Genevan Academy influenced French Reformed Church
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Second Helvetic Confession influenced French Reformed churches
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Jacques Ellul religiousDenomination Reformed Church of France
Edict of Fontainebleau affected French Reformed Church
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Reformed Church of France mergedInto United Protestant Church of France
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Protestant Academy of Sedan influenced French Reformed churches
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Academy of Saumur influenced French Reformed churches
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Academy of Saumur confessionalAlignment French Reformed Church
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Reformation of the Church in Strasbourg influenced French Reformed churches
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Zurich church influenced Reformed churches in France
linked to: Reformed Church of France
First Helvetic Confession influenced Reformed churches in France
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Peace of Montpellier religiousGroupInvolved Reformed Church of France
Rabaut hasNotableAssociation French Protestantism
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Paul Rabaut movement French Reformed Church
linked to: Reformed Church of France
Paul Rabaut denomination Reformed Church of France