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Huldrych Zwingli

Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484–1531)

"Zwingli" redirects here. For the skier, see Werner Zwingli. For the main-belt asteroid, see 7908 Zwingli.

Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli^[a]^[b] (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly center of Renaissance humanism. He continued his studies while he served as a pastor in Glarus and later in Einsiedeln, where he was influenced by the writings of Erasmus.

In 1519, Zwingli became the Leutpriester (people's priest) of the Grossmünster in Zürich where he began to preach ideas on reform of the Catholic Church. In his first public controversy in 1522, he attacked the custom of fasting during Lent. In his publications, he noted corruption in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, promoted clerical m

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Ulrich Zwingli Biography

Ulrich Zwingli was born in 1484 in Wildhous, Gallen in Switzerland. His parents wanted him to become a priest. In 1500, Zwingli entered the University of Vienna, yet he finished his degree at the University of Basel in 1504. In 1506, the young Zwingli graduated with his Master's Degree. That same year, Zwingli entered his first position as a priest at the church in Glarus. He was also a chaplain for the Swiss soldiers.

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Ulrich Zwingli Beliefs

While at university, Zwingli was exposed to the teachings of Desiderius Erasmus. He read Erasmus's Greek translation of the Bible. This led the young priest to compare Apostle Peter's Biblical church to the church of his own era.

Zwingli's beliefs would require a reform of the Catholic Church in Switzerland. He believed that the Bible clearly defined what constituted sinful actions. Some Catholic rituals, such as the use of iconography, to Zwingli, were too similar to paganism as they led to idolatry.¹

Sins are remitted in the name of Christ, and no heart ever received tid

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God’s Providence in Zwingli’s Life

Ulrich Zwingli had a great career, from about 1519 to 1529. He was trained as a Catholic priest and studied at the City of Basel. Basel was quite a university city in Switzerland. The fascinating thing about Basel is that the scholar Erasmus went to print his Greek text there, and at the same time he was printing the Greek text, Zwingli was a student in Basel.

In 1516, when Zwingli left Basel, he had with him the Greek New Testament, and for the next few years he studied it. In fact, Zwingli handwrote a copy of Paul’s epistles—so he had the printed copy and his own handwritten copy.

A New Kind of Preaching

He was appointed as the pastor of Grosmunster: the great cathedral in the city of Zurich. And on January 1, 1519, he started preaching in Matthew chapter one, verse one.

This was unprecedented. When you showed up for church at that time, all you had was the Mass and perhaps an occasional homily during Advent or Lent—you never heard an expositional sermon. But that is what Zwingli did, starting at Matthew 1:1 and preaching systematicall