The Swiss Protestant reformer Huldreich Zwingli (1484-1531) paved the way for the Swiss Reformation. His influence on the church-state relations of the cantons that became Protestant was profound and ...
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Huldrych Zwingli was the originator of the Reformed branch of Protestantism. Independently of Martin Luther, Zwingli came to a reforming posture early in the 1520s. Under his leadership the Zurich chu...
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In the following excerpt from his important study of the Reformation, Beard analyzes the Reformation in Switzerland, comparing the ideas of Zwingli with those of Calvin.
The history of Swiss Protes...
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In this essay, Foster gives an overview and explanation of the main precepts of Zwingli's theology.
The Protestant Reformation rendered two separate and great services in the realm of though...
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In this excerpt from his noted study of Calvin, originally published in 1922, Barth discusses Zwingli's thought in relation to that of both Calvin and Luther.
In taking Calvin as the specifi...
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In this excerpt, Garside analyzes Zwingli's rationale for his rejection of ecclesiastical and liturgical images and music.
Rillet assesses Zwingli's overall importance to the Reformat...
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In this excerpt from his book on Zwingli's ideas on theocracy, Walton explains the influence of humanist traditions on Zwingli's thought.
Even if the local traditions which zwingli ac...
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In this essay, originally delivered as a lecture in 1984, Oberman discusses Zwingli's contributions to the Reformation in the political and social context of sixteenth-century Switzerland.
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In the following excerpt, Stephens offers an introduction to Zwingli's thinking as a theologian and reformer.
Zwingli's theology has many characteristic marks, of which the two most n...
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Huldreich Zwingli
Huldreich Zwingli
Critical Essay by Charles Beard
