ULRICH
ZWINGLI
Reformation in Zurich, 1520-25
1522 break with Catholicism over issue of fasting
during Lent
1523 67 Articles (adopted by Zurich Town Council)
rejection of papal authority
mass as remembrance, not sacrifice
no saints or images
ICONOCLASM: breaking of images)
celibacy (Z. marries 1522 secretly;
1524 publicly)
Sacramentarian
Controversy: Luther
versus Zwingli 1525-29
first major internal break within the Protestant movement
exchange
of pamphlets, treatises on nature of
Christ's presence in sacrament of the Eucharist:
Luther : "real presence,"consubstantiation (both bread
& body)
Zwingli: symbolic interpretation of Eucharistic
presence
Z:
1525 On True & False Religion: argument against Luther
over "Hoc Est Enim Corpus Meum" (This is
my body.)
[for Zwingli: “est” (is) = “significat”
(means or represents) ]
L:
1526 Sermon on Sacrament of the Body & Blood of Christ
Against the Fanatics
Z: 1527 Friendly Exegesis
L: 1527 That These Words "This is
my Body" Still Stand,
Against the Fanatics
Z: 1527 That the Words "This is my Body"
Still Have Their
Original Meaning
L: 1528 Great Confession Concerning the Lord's
Supper
1529 MARBURG COLLOQUY:
meeting & break between Luther & Zwingli
Church-State
Relations:
Zwingli's "theocracy" and the city-state
Civil War in Switzerland 1529-31
Zwingli dies in battle, 1531
ANABAPTISTS:
radical wing of Reformation, begin Zurich 1525
sect (voluntary organization) vs church (territorial)
opposed to govt, state church:
refuse oaths, taxes, military service
theology: reject predestination, support free will
faith as a free choice, "decision for Christ"
adult baptism: infant cannot decide, only adults baptized in Scripture
"re-baptized" as adults: = 2cd
Baptism
Zwinglian Zurich gives them "3rd
Baptism" = execution
Mennonites as modern descendants of Anabaptists