Hi - I do not know the specifics of the different parts of Germany but in general, Reformed refers to Protestants who followed John Calvin's ideas. Lutherans, of course, followed Luther's. In the early years there was no central church administration like there is today. That came gradually as the smaller 'politcal' states of Germany becoame more and more united I know that Lutherans and Reformed were fused in Prussia because someone,the king (?) who was married to a woman of the opposite faith and they could not take communion together. He thought that was ridiculous and said the had to combine and open their tables to the other. I do not know for sure if that is the same as the Prussian Union, I think it is. King Frederick William III started the Evangelical Church, the church of the PrussiianUnion in 1817. The Evangelical Church brought to this country was not Lutheran and not Reformed in the Germans who came to the USA. The Evangelical Church later merged with the Reformed church here, making the Evangelical and Reformed (E and R). That denomination later (1957) merged with the Congregational-Christian denomination to become the United Church of Christ. Paul Tillich, and the Neibuhr brothers, Richard and Reinhold, (famous American theologians) were members of the Evangelical Church. But that does not answer your whole question. but it is a start. Nancy froebel wrote: > can someone differentiate between, if any, between evangelische as opposed > to lutherisch..i nkow the Kaiser for example f used Reform/Lutheran into > the Evangelische Kirche der Union, which was quite popular throughout > Prussia but in Thuringia and Saxony there are Ev-lutherische Kirchen and > Freie lutherische Kirchen...and there are Reformkirchen..perhaps someone > can explain these///thanks > J. Froebel-Parker > > ---------- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [GERMANKING] Evangelische, Germany > > Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 5:50 PM > > > > Evangelische is a religion (evangelical lutheran = protestant), not a > place. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Thilo Agthe > > Brooklyn, NY > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > > Sister, > > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > > Ask me why..... mailto:[email protected] > > > > ==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > Ask me why..... mailto:[email protected]