Eastern Protestant Christianity

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The term Eastern Protestant Christianity (also called Eastern Reformed Christianity as well as Oriental Protestant Christianity) encompasses a range of heterogeneous Protestant Christian denominations that developed outside of the Western world from the latter half of the nineteenth century and retain certain elements of Eastern Christianity. Some of these denominations came into existence when churches originating from Western Protestant missions adopted variants of Eastern liturgy and worship adapted to Protestant doctrine, while others originated from Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Assyrian Church of the East groups who were inspired by the teachings of Western Protestant missionaries and adopted Protestant beliefs and practices while retaining Eastern liturgy. All Eastern Protestant churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant churches, and are members of pan-doctrinal communions such as the Anglican Communion, World Lutheran Federation and World Communion of Reformed...

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