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 Királyhágómellék Reformed Church District and the Transylvanian Reformed Church District. 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.
- http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=13257&lg=eng
- http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=13256&lg=eng
External links
- Official website of the Transylvanian district (in Hungarian)
- Official website of the Királyhágómellék district (Banat, Crișana and Maramureș) (in Hungarian and English)