Zwingli
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- proper noun
- Many historians study Zwingli to understand the early conflicts of the Reformation.
Examples
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Huldrych Zwingli was a Catholic priest, theologian, and Protestant reformer in Switzerland who opened the door for the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland.
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Huldrych Zwingli was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland.
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For Zwingli, God remains untouched in His sovereignty by taking the human nature of Christ.
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Old Testament lessons were particularly useful to Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Ecolampadius, and others as they sought to advise princes in their own day.
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Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Huldrych Zwingli all had Catholic parents, as did the founders of so many other splits from Roman Catholicism.
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Some, such as Huldrych Zwingli and Martin Bucer, entertained generous expectations for the destinies of virtuous pagans, though their views were not widely held.
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Protestant Reformer Ulrich Zwingli wrote in 1525 of "true and false religion as displayed by Christians." (n34)
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Early Anabaptists followed Zwingli's argument about the "symbolic, historical, or social sense" of baptism and the Eucharist, thus joining other Protestants in their distaste for the "emptiness."
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The teachings of Zwingli significantly influenced the development of Reformed theology.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zwingli is a Swiss German family name from the old local word Zwing, which means 'to force' or a 'narrow place'. A helpful way to remember him is to think of Zwingli as the man who 'pushed' strong changes in the Swiss church during the Reformation.