Talk:Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches in North America

can anyone mind explain to be why they called themselves Orthodox while it branched off from Calvinist tradition? 204.191.239.176 (talk) 05:25, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

The name “Orthodox” was chosen to indicate that the OCRCs wanted to return to true doctrine and “CRC” because they wanted to return to what was faithful to the Word in their Reformed heritage. (http://www.burlingtonurc.org/aboutus.html)

The name "Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches" was confusing to many people. Some thought that it was connected in some way to the Eastern Orthodox Church (it was not). The OCRCs were a federation of churches that were originally a part of the Christian Reformed Church but left that denomination in 1988 after it became clear that the liberal direction of that denomination was accelerating and that all attempts to hold it in check were failing. The name "Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches" was chosen to draw attention to the fact that the OCRCs believe that it is the churches that broke away that are in fact the maintainers of the true, biblical, orthodox teachings of the once godly and Reformed denomination. The "Reformed" part of the name means that the OCRCs are a part of that branch of the Church growing out of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. They believe that the historic Reformed confessions (Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession, and the Canons of Dort) faithfully interpret the basic teachings of the Bible and should continue to shape the beliefs and practices of the OCRCs. (http://www.cambridgeocrc.org/Documents/Questions/Question1.htm) JSVD (talk) 08:37, 15 July 2012 (UTC)