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Reformed Anglican

Reformed Anglican

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Reformed theology in the Church of England.

Restoration

Within the Church of England itself, Calvinism did not entirely disappear after 1662. Some theologians and clergy remained committed to Reformed doctrines, even as Arminian and Laudian currents gained prominence. The "Reformed Anglicans" of the Restoration period articulated opposition to Arminianism and defended Calvinist understandings of predestination and grace into the late Stuart period. Some Calvinist theological positions remained embedded within Anglican confessional identity through the continued authority of the Thirty-nine Articles.