Who is Reformed? what is Reformed?

A lot of asinine discussion on this subject of who is Reformed and who isn't, and what is Reformed and what isn't. Here is the answer:

Reformed means you don't exalt man and ritual above the Word and the Spirit.

Period.

End of discussion.

Regeneration is the main thing. Once an individual is regenerated by the Word and the Spirit they are beyond the grasp of the world and of man and of cleric and of ritual and of the Beast in all its manifestations.

And once regenerated a person will gravitate towards on-the-mark biblical doctrine, derived from the Bible itself. And they will actually value it, as they also actually value the Word of God, received, not constructed by scholars.

The Reformation was not about 'correct' ecclesiology or 'correct' "sacramentology". As for biblical doctrine (five solas, doctrines of grace, Covenant of Redemption, Works, Grace, Federal Theology) that exists whether one is regenerate or not. It's there to be accepted and valued once an individual is able to accept it and value it.

The Reformation was about freeing the actual Word of God and hence enabling the potential of individuals to be regenerated by the Word and the Spirit. The Reformation was about *not exalting man and ritual over the Word and the Spirit.*

Anybody who says differently is a shallow, unregenerate churchian, and if they are setting themselves up as teachers of Christians they have the stench of hellfire on them.