Presbyterian Seminary Budapest

“Theology is
the doctrine
of living for God
in Christ.”

Petrus van Mastricht

Core Principles of
Presbyterian Seminary in Budapest

  • Protestant

    We believe that the protestant reformation was a God given movement of revival and reformation. We accept the five Solas of this movement: Sola Scriptura (The Bible alone), Solus Christus (Christ alone), Sola Fide (Faith alone), Sola Gratia (Grace alone), Soli Deo Gloria (to God alone be the Glory).

  • Evangelical

    We distinguish ourselves from nominal Christianity which uses the name ‘Christian’ but denies the basic doctrines of faith both in theory and in practice. We affirm the need for repentance and faith, in Christ our Lord who gave himself for our sins as a propitiatory sacrifice. Thus, we proclaim: “You must be born again.” (Jn 3:7)

  • Reformed

    We confess that the system of truth found in the Bible is best arranged and summarized in the Reformed Confessions of Faith. We treasure them, and although we recognize the limitation of these Confessions, we think that they are Doctrines of Grace are best explained there.

  • Presbyterian

    We not only believe that the plurality of elders (sessions, consistories) is the best government of a congregation (against the dangers of personal authority), but we moreover think that congregations need to accept the help of like-minded congregations. We confess that the existence of denominations or church associations is biblical.

Our Doctrinal
Statement

Our seminary stands on the foundation of the Bible as summarized in the Reformed creeds and confessions. The faculty members subscribe to the Westminster Standards, II Helvetic Confession or the Three Forms of Unity.

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Our Values

Christ centered Reformed theology.

We are a Bible grounded, Gospel preaching, Christ centered seminary, with the clear aim to share the gospel and give proper tools in the hands of those men who are eager to share the whole counsel of God. 

The aim of our seminary is to fulfill the great commission by training men for the ministry. Our joy would be if men graduating from this seminary would plant new and faithful churches by evangelizing the lost.

We believe that Calvinism is not a lifeless set of doctrines, but the doctrines of grace need to exert a lifechanging influence on the minds and hearts of those who accept them. This needs to me manifested in humility, joy, peace, and boldness to preach the eternal gospel of God.

We are open to cooperate with other Christians who share our vision for planting or strengthening faithful, evangelical, reformed churches.

We have a partnership with like-minded seminaries and formed an association called European Association of Reformed Theological Schools (EARTS).

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Presbyterian Seminary Budapest offers MA in Religion for church service and MDiv for pastoral ministry.
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