ULRICH ZWINGLI(1484-1531)

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

• A true Christian community must follow the Bible as closely as possible
• Whatever could not be justified by the Bible was to be abolished
• Faith meant an active commitment to God
• Religion was a personal experience which didn't need sacraments to sustain it
• Opposed the sale of indulgences and to religious superstition

PUBLICATIONS

• Sixty-Seven Articles (summary of errors committed by the Roman Church)
• De vera et falsa Commentarius religione(Central points of Zwingli's theology)

GROUP(S) THREATENED

• Lutherans
• Church

LUTHERANS(CONT'D)

• Zwingli's ideas opposed those of Luther
• Zwingli favored a symbolic representation of Christ's presence in the Eucharist
• Luther thought that Christ could be both bodily and spiritually present

CHURCH(CONT'D)

• Zwingli's opposition to indulgences could decrease revenue
• People began to follow what the Scriptures said and not the church
• The importance of certain sacraments were questioned
• Honored traditional teachings were questioned as well

IMPACT ON EUROPE

• Swiss civil wars erupted among Protestants and Catholics
• More questions arose about the Church
• Drove the Protestant movement theologically and politIcally