Swiss reformer
Ordained
a priest in 1506, Zwingli was a devoted admirer of Erasmus.
He used Erasmus’ 1516 editio princeps to deepen his knowledge
of the Greek New Testament. The beginning of the Reformation in Switzerland
is credited to Zwingli’s sermons on the New Testament preached in 1519.
In 1523 Zwingli successfully defended theses stating that the sole basis of truth was the Gospel, and rejecting the authority of the Pope, the sacrifice of the Mass, the invocation of saints, times and seasons of fastings, and clerical celibacy.
In 1524-25, Zwingli began to develop a purely symbolic interpretation of the Eucharist, producing a series of writings against Martin Luther’s doctrine of consubstantiation.
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Zwingli,
Ulrich, 1487-1531
Uplegen und Gruend der Schluszreden, oder Artickle durch Huldrychen Zwingli Zurich off den xix Tag Jenners in MDXXIII Jar ossgangen Zurich: Christopher Froschower, 1523 |
Zwingli,
Ulrich, 1487-1531
Eyn kurtze Klaresum und Erklaerung des Christenen gloubes von Huldrychen Zwinglin geprediget, und Unlang vor synem Tod zu eynem Christenen Kuenig geschriben Zurich: Christopher Froschower, 1532 |
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