Zwingli: Third Man of the Reformation
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Overview
Ulrich, or Huldrych, Zwingli of Zurich is the ‘great unknown’ of the Reformation in Europe, and yet his influence and ideas have penetrated into every part of the world where the Reformed tradition has been planted. He was neither a passionate man of religion like Luther, nor a superb dialectician like Calvin. But in his lucid radicalism and belief in thorough reform in Church doctrine as well as in government, Zwingli stands with his two more famous brethren as a ’Father of the Reformation’. First published in English in 1964, Jean Rilliet’s biography places Zwingli in the context of Swiss church history, as well as that of the sixteenth-century upheaval of which he was a part. Covering every aspect of Zwingli’s career, with detailed discussion of his more influential writings, the picture that emerges is one of a ’fighting prophet’, unremittent in his search for God in this most turbulent of times.
Author’s Foreword Introduction: The Swiss Background Part One: The Formative Years 1. Childhood and Education 2. Vicar of Glarus and Chaplain in Italy 3. Chaplain A Einsiedeln: Th e Call To Zurich 4. Beginnings at Zurich: the Great Plague Part Two: The Reformer 5. Zwingli, the Biblical Preacher 6. Ways and Means: the Temporizer 7. Lent, 1522: the Dramatic Affair of the Sausages 8. Final Attempts at Conciliation: the Rupture Part Three: Th e Protestant Revolution 9. Abandonment of Ancient Practices 10. End of Chapter and Cloisters 11. From Mass to Lord’s Supper Part Four: Th e Theological Thought of Zwingli 12. A Book for France: the De vera et falsa religione 13. Doctrine of God and of Man: Origin and Nature of Religion: The Christ 14. Gospel and Penitence: Law and Sin 15. The Power of the Keys - the Church: the Idea of the Sacrament: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper 16. Confession, Marriage, Monastic Vows, Invocation of Saints, Images, Merit, Prayer, and Purgatory 17. Temporal Authority Part Five: Divergence of the Ways 18. Rupture with Erasmus 19. The Anabaptist Drama 20. Opposition of the Catholic Cantons: Conversations with Rome 21. The Baden Disputation 22. Local Opposition Crushed 23. Scholar and Family Man Part Six: The Development of the Reformation 24. The Matrimonal Tribunal: Formation of the New Clergy 25. The Berne Disputation (1528) 26. Organization of the Church: Development of State Discipline 27. The First War of Cappel (1529) Part Seven: The Eucharistic Controversy 28. Luther 29. Preliminaries of the Quarrel 30. Zurich against Wittenberg 31. The Strasburg Mediators and Philip of Hesse 32. Arrival at Marburg: the De Providentia Dei 33. The Colloquy Part Eight: Last Struggles 34. Projects of Alliance: Venice and France 35. In the Shadow of the Diet of Augsburg 36. The Royal Writings 37. Switzerland under the Shadow of Anxiety and Suspicion 38. On the Battlefield (1531) Epilogue and Conclusion Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography Index
- Title: Zwingli: Third Man of the Reformation
- Authors: Jean Rilliet, Harold Knight
- Publisher: James Clarke & Co
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2026
- Pages: 324
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780227179666, 9780227179635, 0227179633, 0227179668
- Resource ID: LLS:9780227179666
- Resource Type: Monograph
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