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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Christian denomination The Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (CRPC) is a Presbyterian denomination, formed in 1997, by churches from various other denominations.[1][2][3][4]

History

The Presbyterian churches originate from the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. It is the Christian churches Protestant that adhere to Reformed theology and whose ecclesiastical government is characterized by the government of an assembly of elders. Government Presbyterian is common in Protestant churches that were modeled after the Reformation Protestant Switzerland, notably in Switzerland, ScotlandNetherlandsFrance and portions of Prussia, of Ireland and, later, of United States.[5]

In 1997, a group of churches formed the Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church. The main cause of their separation was the defense of biblical truth and Church government.

A church in Suriname, originally Baptist and later linked to Orthodox Presbyterian Church, joined the denomination after its organization.[6][7][8]

Attempt to merge

In 2004 the CRPC held a joint meeting with the Reformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover Presbytery, another conservative denomination in United States, aiming at a union.[1][9] However, conflicts over the government of the denomination by a higher court and the Hanover Presbytery's tolerance for members to participate in Freemasonry prevented the union.[10]

In 2004, the Covenanting Association of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches and American Reformation Presbyterian Church sent delegates to meetings of the Presbytery of the CRPC. However, the union was also not accepted between the denominations.[1][11]

Separation

In 2006, one of its churches split from the denomination and formed the Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States.[12][13][14]

Doctrine

The denomination subscribes to Westminster Confession of Faith, Westminster Larger Catechism and Westminster Shorter Catechism. It differs from other Presbyterians in holding to biblical truth and forming a union of the best parts of classic Presbyterian Church government and that of classic Continental Reformed Church government.

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