Huldrych Zwingli
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Reformation, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Theology, Theologians, Protestantism, Protestants
- Curriculum: Renaissance History
Article abstract: Zwingli led the Swiss Reformation against Roman Catholic ecclesiastical abuses, sharing both the rhetoric and the theology of Germany’s own reformer, Martin Luther, until the two disagreed over the nature of the Eucharist. Overshadowed in church history by both Luther and John Calvin, Zwingli’s most lasting contribution to Church history is his incipient Reformed theology and his recognition of the role that secular government might play in ecclesiastical matters.
Early Life
Huldrych Zwingli was born in Wildhaus, Swiss...
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