Presbyterianism

Denomination·Founded 1560 CE

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Calvinism (the Reformed tradition) → Presbyterianism

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History & overview · every faith gets one

The church governed by elders, reformed by the Word.

Calvinism with a constitution: congregations governed by councils of elders rising through presbyteries to general assemblies. Knox's Scotland gave it a nation — and it gave representative government a rehearsal.

The founding

Its founding is bound to John Knox — 1560 CE.

What it holds

The divine. One God in three persons.

Death and after. Resurrection and judgment.

The line

descent is public here — where it came from, what left it
Judaism — c. 1000 BCE Christianity — 30 CE Catholicism Protestantism — 1517 CE Calvinism (the Reformed tradition) — 1536 CE Presbyterianism — 1560 CE

Keep going

Back to the overview — the living page: elements, discussion, the web The Belief room — the claims themselves, with sources and context Branch Presbyterianism — inherit everything, change what you must

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence; the global following above is a stated estimate, not a Panfaith count.

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