Walloon church
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A Walloon
church (French: Église Wallonne; Dutch: Waalse kerk) describes any Calvinist
church building in the Netherlands and its former colonies whose members originally came from the Southern Netherlands
and France and whose native language is French. Members of these churches belong to the Walloon Reformed Church (French: Réformé wallon; Dutch: Waals Hervormd or, from 1815, Waals Gereformeerd), long-distinguished from the Low German
or Dutch
-speaking Dutch Reformed Church
.
The French Calvinists, known also as Huguenots (Hu'-ge-no), were persecuted in France by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1598, King Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes, which was to relieve the persecution and allow rights to freely worship. Later in 1685, His Grandson Louis XIV issued a revocation of the edict of Nantes, and persecution returned. Most fled France to other countries offering safe harbor. Many of these would later settle in Ulster Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and the in New World in the colonies of the Carolina's, New York and Pennsylvania. Many of the technical skilled workers of the silk weaving industry left France with little or nothing, resestablishing there trades elsewhere. Many of these who left where also of French Nobility, and it is said that little of the industry of France remained after this period.
Walloons
Walloons are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium, principally in Wallonia. Walloons are a distinctive community within Belgium, important historical and anthropological criteria bind Walloons to the French people. More generally, the term also refers to the inhabitants of the Walloon...
church (French: Église Wallonne; Dutch: Waalse kerk) describes any Calvinist
Calvinism
Calvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...
church building in the Netherlands and its former colonies whose members originally came from the Southern Netherlands
Southern Netherlands
Southern Netherlands were a part of the Low Countries controlled by Spain , Austria and annexed by France...
and France and whose native language is French. Members of these churches belong to the Walloon Reformed Church (French: Réformé wallon; Dutch: Waals Hervormd or, from 1815, Waals Gereformeerd), long-distinguished from the Low German
Low German
Low German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
or Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
-speaking Dutch Reformed Church
Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church was a Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It existed from the 1570s to 2004, the year it merged with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to form the Protestant Church in the...
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The French Calvinists, known also as Huguenots (Hu'-ge-no), were persecuted in France by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1598, King Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes, which was to relieve the persecution and allow rights to freely worship. Later in 1685, His Grandson Louis XIV issued a revocation of the edict of Nantes, and persecution returned. Most fled France to other countries offering safe harbor. Many of these would later settle in Ulster Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and the in New World in the colonies of the Carolina's, New York and Pennsylvania. Many of the technical skilled workers of the silk weaving industry left France with little or nothing, resestablishing there trades elsewhere. Many of these who left where also of French Nobility, and it is said that little of the industry of France remained after this period.