presbyterianism history Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/presbyterianism-history Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:12:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Presbyterianism http://toursmaps.com/presbyterianism.html http://toursmaps.com/presbyterianism.html#respond Tue, 10 May 2016 16:32:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=203844 The term presbyterianism can refer to many things. It can refer to a form of church government that is structured around elders (from the Greek presbuteros) or a theological system based on covenant theology and the sovereignty of God. It may also refer to a church movement that began with the Reformation and continues to the present day. Although there are many heroes of the Continental Reformation, John Calvin is most widely associated with the Presbyterian form of church government. Calvin was a French theologian who fled to Geneva to avoid persecution. There, he took the helm of the Reformation

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