Groups the spreadevent entries documenting Presbyterianism's spread from its Reformation-era Scottish and Genevan roots through settlement and mission activity into Ireland, North America and beyond, and the formation of independent national Presbyterian churches. Belongs here: any event marking Presbyterianism's establishment or expansion in a new territory. Does not belong here: the Reformation's own founding events, grouped under Presbyterianism's origin entities; the spread events of any other denomination.
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Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word Presbyterian is applied to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenter groups that were formed during the English Civil War, 1642 to 1651.
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