There is a Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa which was very much part of the Afrikaner Aparthied philosophy. Africaners were mainly descendents of the Dutch settlers together with German and French colonists. I am not sure as to what the "Reform" actually was. Peter Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: <HESSE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <HESSE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 6:00 PM Subject: HESSE-D Digest V05 #30

I am surprised at the number of people who don't know what Reformed means in the history of the church. It was the Reformation -- the religious revolution of the 16th Century which divided the church in Europe and England into two bodies -- Protestant and Roman Catholic. Reformed churches believe in the priesthood of believers, that the common man can read the Bible for himself and not need a priest, that you are saved by faith not by works, etc. Bob Battenfield La Mesa, California On 2/10/05 1:48 AM, "Peter Strauss" <pstrauss@aapt.net.au> wrote: > There is a Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa which was very much part of > the Afrikaner Aparthied philosophy. > > Africaners were mainly descendents of the Dutch settlers together with > German and French colonists. > > I am not sure as to what the "Reform" actually was. > > Peter > > Melbourne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <HESSE-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <HESSE-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 6:00 PM > Subject: HESSE-D Digest V05 #30 > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Postal Codes, How to Pay for Research, German Language > Letters, Archive Addresses, German Telephone directory, > http://members.cox.net/hessen/table.htm >