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The Relations with Other Reformed Churches in the Low Countries and in England

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The Dutch Reformed Church in London has, from the very beginning, been a completely independent body, a “phenomenon sui generis”. It has never, in the true sense of the word, formed part of a wider church community. It was an independent church, yet it could not be reckoned to fit into the general form of Nonconformity, for the church has always denied emphatically having any affinity with the pronounced sectarian type of Baptists, Brownists and similar social expressions of Christendom. In the same positive manner it sought contact, and to a certain extent community, with pronouncedly ecclesiastical bodies: the Reformed churches of the Low Countries and France, as also, be it with a certain reserve, with the Church of England. If one were to examine the academic question as to whether the Church conformed to the church-type or the sect-type of religious organization, the answer would undoubtedly be in favour of the former, though as far as the Church’s utterances and outward forms of manifestation are concerned, one can point to many features typical of the latter type. In any case, the Church has entertained direct and friendly relations with the churches mentioned. It has for long periods even maintained a real fellowship with these churches.

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Lindeboom, J. (1950). The Relations with Other Reformed Churches in the Low Countries and in England. In: Austin Friars. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8860-9_4

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