Huldrych Zwingli

EARLY LIFE

• Born January 1, 1484
• (New years day)
• Son of a peasant
• Love for classics and music

EDUCATION

• Got humanistic education
• Read theology
• Went to university to study philosophy
• Ordained a priest after earning masters degree

GOALS AND BELIEFS

• Wanted Christians to focus solely on the Bible
• Didn't approve the worship of relics, saints, and images
• Believed people should worship God and obey His laws

ACHIEVEMENTS

• After reading Luther’s work, he persuaded the local government to ban any worship not based on Bible.
• Main idea was the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not the repetition of the sacrifice of Christ, but the faithful remembrance that the sacrifice had been made once for all
• His idea of faith preserved what was also most valuable in the Lutheran doctrine

PERSONALITY

• Trusted people
• Religious
• He was strictly Augustinian in theology, but he dwelt chiefly on the positive side of predestination

DEATH

• In 1530, war broke out between his followers and Swiss Catholics.
• Zwingli died during the fighting
• Died October 11, 1531

ONCE uPON A TIME

There lived a young man named Huldrych Zwingli. He made his personal mark on people.

He courageously died in battle.
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He was born January 1, 1484. As a child, Zwingli loved classics and music. 🎷He got a humanistic education and studied theology. 📚He was ordained as a priest. He supported the poor.

Tension grew between him and the reformation.⚔ This made services very short and simple.

After reading Luther’s work, he disapproved any form of worship not based on Bible.

In 1523, Zurich declared independence from the local Catholic bishop.

He thought that there should be no government in the Church separate from the civil government; it ruled the commonwealth.

He thought the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not the sacrifice of Christ, but the faithful remembrance that the sacrifice had been made.

And his deeper idea of faith, which included in the act of faith a real union and communion of the faithful soul with Christ, really preserved what was also most valuable in the distinctively Lutheran doctrine.

Zwingli never united with Luther because of their disagreements. A civil war happened around 1531. Zwingli fought with Zurich against the Catholics. The Catholics won the war.⚔🛡

Zwingli's body was burned by the Catholics.
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His works were carried to other Swiss cities.
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