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What we Believe
The Canadian Reformed
Churches profess and believe one holy universal Church which has been from
the beginning of the world and will be to the end of times, preserved and
supported by the Lord God through His Son, our Redeemer Jesus Christ, who
gathers and guides the Church by His Spirit and Word.
We further believe that
the marks by which the church is known are these:
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The pure preaching of
the Gospel.
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The pure administration
of the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper as instituted by
Christ.
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The application of
church discipline in punishing sin.
In short, all things
must be managed according to the Word of God and all things contrary thereto
rejected.
Historically, we trace
our roots to the time of the great reformation in the 16th
century and we subscribe to the following Calvinistic Confessions:
The Belgic Confession
of Faith 1561
The Heidelberg
Catechism 1563
The Canons of Dort,
1618 – 1619
Why is “Reformed”
included in our name?
The
word “Reformed” is indeed essential for today. It simply means “back to the
original form,” that is the form which God Himself intended and revealed in
His Word, the Bible. The word “Reformed” points to the Word of God as the
solid foundation and Jesus Christ as the only Head of the Church. This
foundation was again discovered during the years of the great reformation by
Martin Luther and John Calvin, among others.
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