Reformed Church in Romania
The Reformed Church in Romania (Hungarian: Romániai Református Egyház; Romanian: Biserica Reformată din România) is the organization of the Calvinist church in Romania. The majority of its followers are of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian is the main church language. The large majority of the Church's parishes are in Transylvania; according to the 2002 census, 701,077 people or 3.15% of the total population belong to the Reformed Church. About 95% of the members were of Hungarian ethnicity.[1][2]
The religious institution is composed of two bishoprics, the Reformed Diocese of Királyhágómellék and the Reformed Diocese of Transylvania. The headquarters are at Oradea and Cluj-Napoca, respectively.
Together with the Unitarian Church of Transylvania and the two Lutheran churches of Romania (the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania and the Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession), the Calvinist community runs the Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj.
Doctrine[]
The church adheres to the:
Creeds[]
- Apostle Creed
- Nicene Creed
- Athanasian Creed
Confessions[]
- Heidelberg Catechism
- Second Helvetic Confession[3][4]
Gallery[]
Church with Two Towers, Cluj-Napoca
Satu Mare Church with the Chains
Zalău (1904–07)
References[]
- ^ hu:Romániai református egyház
- ^ "Populatia dupa etnie si religie" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions".
- ^ "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions".
External links[]
- Official website of the Transylvanian district (in Hungarian)
- Official website of the Királyhágómellék district (Banat, Crișana and Maramureș) (in Hungarian and English)
- Reformed Church in Romania
- Hungarian minority in Romania
- Religion in Transylvania
- Protestantism in Romania
- Reformed denominations in Europe
- Members of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
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