semper reformanda

Semper Reformanda – Always Reformed The Most Misused Motto in the Church Today

This article shows that the semper reformanda motto should be appealed to by the church if the church acknowledges that true reformation is based on God’s Word, is something that can only be done by God, and that Christianity is historic.

Semper reformanda ("always reforming") is a principle that characterized the Reformation. This article shows that this principle was designed to keep the church faithful to God’s Word and to the application of it in its context.

Semper Reformanda – A Reformed Legend?

This article is about the use and the history of the phrase "semper reformanda".

The Implications of Semper Reformanda

What does it mean that the the church must be "always reforming"? This is a call expressed in the well-known saying ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda. In this article Andrew Atherstone argues that the motto lays down a challenge to both radicals and conservatives in today’s church. It is a motto which sums up the sense of restless and continual energy of the church reforming seeking to be what the Lord wants her to be.