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The Hungarian Reformed Church (HRC) or Hungarian Reformed Communion (Hungarian: Magyar Refomátus Egyház) is a global fellowship of continental Reformed denominations historically related to the Reformed Church of Hungary.[1][2]
The purpose of the organization is to maintain unity among Hungarian Reformed churches in different countries and to give joint representation of denominations in international organizations of Reformed denominations.[3]
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History
From the Dissolution of Austria-Hungary, after the First World War, the members of the Reformed Church of Hungary were spread over several countries.[4] In each of these, Hungarian reformeds organized themselves as a new national denomination.[5][6]
On May 22, 2009, 6 of the Hungarian Reformed denominations (Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed Church in Romania, Reformed Church in Transcarpathia, Reformed Christian Church in Serbia, Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia and Reformed Church in Slovenia) decided to form a Hungarian Reformed Communion, also called the Hungarian Reformed Church.[7]
In the same year, the Hungarian Reformed Church in America joined the organization.[8]
In 2013, the Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia was accepted as a member.[9][1][2]
In 2019, the Calvin Synod (United Church of Christ) was accepted as a member[10] and in 2024, the Hungarian Reformed Church in Australia also joined.[11]
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Doctrine
All denominations part of the communion subscribe to the Second Helvetic Confession and Heidelberg Catechism as a faithful expression of biblical doctrines, such as the Reformed Church of Hungary.[12]
Likewise, they differ from the other reformed denominations in that they call those responsible for a church jurisdiction "bishop".[12]
Members
Communion members are:[1]
References
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