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 on Christ's presence in 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.)
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
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 government, 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