{"id":3714,"date":"2024-05-24T19:23:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/protestant-christian-vs-reformed-christian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:25:39","slug":"protestant-christian-vs-reformed-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/protestant-christian-vs-reformed-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Riformati vs Protestanti: Qual \u00e8 la differenza?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Reformed churches are one family within Protestantism, the one that grew from the teaching of Zwingli and Calvin. So every Reformed Christian is a Protestant, but not every Protestant is Reformed. Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists and Baptists belong to other Protestant families, though some Baptist churches hold Reformed teaching too. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) puts the relationship in one sentence: \u201cPresbyterian is a way of being Reformed, which is one way of being Protestant, which is itself a way of being\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reformed churches are one Protestant family, from Zwingli and Calvin. Every Reformed Christian is a Protestant, but not every Protestant is Reformed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,79],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-3714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","category-christian-history","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3835,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/presbyterian-protestant-differences\/","url_meta":{"origin":3714,"position":0},"title":"Presbyterian vs Protestant: Presbyterians Are Protestants Governed by Elders","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maggio 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, Presbyterians are Protestants, of the Reformed family. 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