| Hungarian Reformed Church | |
| Native Name: | Magyar Refomátus Egyház |
| Native Name Lang: | hu |
| Type: | Western Christianity |
| Main Classification: | Protestant |
| Orientation: | Continental Reformed |
| Scripture: | Bible |
| Theology: | Reformed theology |
| Polity: | Episcopal |
| Structure: | Communion |
| Division Type: | Dioceses |
| Division: | 10 |
| Area: | Carpathian Basin |
| Language: | Hungarian |
| Liturgy: | Reformed |
| Founded Date: | 2009 |
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]
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 retirees organized themselves as a new national denomination.[5] [6]
On May 22, 2009, 6 of the Hungarian Reformed denominations decided to form a Hungarian Reformed Fellowship, also called the Hungarian Reformed Church.[1] [2]
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.
Likewise, they differ from the other reformed denominations in that they call those responsible for a church jurisdiction "bishop".[7]
Communion members are:[1]