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- Reformed Christians sometimes say we’re “Reformed and always reforming.” This means we never stop asking whether we’re being faithful to God’s vision and reforming the church to follow God’s will. We do this because we believe humans are broken. And we know how easy it is for our sinful nature to corrupt God’s church.
Mar 24, 2017 · The phrase ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda (the church reformed, always reforming) has been used so often as to make it a motto or slogan. People have used it to support a surprising array of theological and ecclesiastical programs and purposes.
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Oct 27, 2020 · Always reforming means always returning to the Scriptures to be changed and improved. It is a passion to know, love, and live out the Word of God. A careful examination of the Great Commission in Matthew 28:16–20 illustrates this point for us.
Reformed Christians sometimes say we’re “Reformed and always reforming.” This means we never stop asking whether we’re being faithful to God’s vision and reforming the church to follow God’s will.
Oct 29, 2009 · However, here is his whole phrase: “The church is reformed and always [in need of] being reformed according to the Word of God.” The verb is passive: the church is not “always reforming,” but is “always being reformed” by the Spirit of God through the Word.
- What The Reformers Meant
- What The Motto Does Not Mean
- Why The Church Needs Reforming
- A Gift to The Wider Church
Our Reformed motto, rightly understood, challenges both the conservative and the liberal impulses that characterize our diverse church today. It does not bless either preservation for preservation’s sake or change for change’s sake. In the 16th-century context the impulse it reflected was neither liberal nor conservative, but radical, in the sense ...
Newer is always better. Using the motto to back up any and all “innovations” would be a misuse of the original intent. In many places where the slogan appears, the phrase is completed with a clarif...The church can reform itself. Another potential misuse of the phrase is lodged in a common mistranslation as “reformed and always reforming.” This can mislead us to believe that the church is the a...Because of who we are (sinners)Part of our openness to being reformed comes out of a conviction about who we are. Reformed folk have been particularly aware of human fallibility and sinfulness.
A vision of the church reformed and always being reformed is one of the gifts the Reformed have to bring to the wider Christian church. Such a notion may already be out there among our ecumenical partners. A case in point is one of the memorable moments in the first-ever face-to-face conversation between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Rom...
Aug 22, 2024 · Reformed Christians sometimes say we’re “Reformed and always reforming.” This means we never stop asking whether we’re being faithful to God’s vision and reforming the church to follow God’s will.
Thus, ‘Reformed and always being reformed’ means: a Reformed church must always submit herself to reform. To make this clear, at times I will hyphenate the word re-formed to emphasize the action performed upon a church.
