Huldrych Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli was a Swiss priest and theologian who led the Reformation in Zürich. His reforms helped establish the Reformed tradition of Protestantism.

Swiss Reformation: The sixteenth-century movement that transformed religious life and institutions across Switzerland. Zwingli’s reforms in Zürich became a defining early phase of this broader movement.
Sixty-Seven Articles: A 1523 set of propositions in which Zwingli defended reform through scripture and criticized church practices. Zwingli used these propositions to present his reform program publicly in Zürich.
Martin Luther: Martin Luther was a German theologian whose protest against indulgences launched the Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire. Luther and Zwingli shared reform aims but clashed over the Eucharist.
Heinrich Bullinger: Heinrich Bullinger was a Swiss Reformer who succeeded Zwingli as Zürich’s chief pastor and theologian. Bullinger stabilized Zürich’s church and extended its influence after Zwingli’s death.
Erasmus: Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch humanist scholar whose biblical criticism and Greek New Testament influenced European reformers. Erasmus’s humanism informed Zwingli’s early biblical scholarship.
Marburg Colloquy: A 1529 meeting of Protestant theologians that sought agreement on doctrine, especially the Eucharist. Zwingli’s disagreement with Luther over the Eucharist blocked full Protestant unity.
Leo Jud: Leo Jud was a Swiss reformer and biblical scholar who worked with Zwingli in Zürich. Jud helped carry forward the preaching and translation work of Zürich’s reform movement.
Reformed tradition: A Protestant tradition shaped by Reformation theology, emphasizing scripture, divine sovereignty, and reform of church life. Zwingli’s Zürich reforms helped establish this distinct Protestant tradition.
Zürich: Zürich is a Swiss city and canton whose civic institutions played a major role in its Reformation. Zwingli’s preaching and reforms were centered in Zürich.
Swiss Brethren: The early Anabaptist movement in Switzerland, formed by Christians who rejected infant baptism and sought believer’s baptism. Their break with Zürich’s authorities exposed limits in Zwingli’s program of reform.

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