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Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli [a] [b] (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly center of Renaissance humanism.
Zwingli marries Anna Reinhard; German Peasants' War; 1526: Zwingli publishes his tract "On the true & false religion" Luther marries Katharina von Bora; Anabaptist movement in Switzerland; 1528: Charles V sacks Rome; 1529: Reformation in Berne; 1530: Zwingli meets Luther for the first time in the Marburg Colloquy; Augsburg Confession; 1531 ...
Huldrych Zwingli, woodcut by Hans Asper, 1531. The theology of Ulrich Zwingli was based on an interpretation of the Bible, taking scripture as the inspired word of God and placing its authority higher than what he saw as human sources such as the ecumenical councils and the church fathers.
Anna Zwingli, also known as Anna Reinhart, (1484 - 1538, in Zürich), was a Protestant figure from 15th-century Zürich.. After an initial marriage that ended in widowhood, she married her fellow citizen Huldrych Zwingli, and their marriage seemed relatively happy until his death in 1531.
Huldrych Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly centre of humanism.
Iconoclasm in Zürich Stadelhofen, Bullinger chronicle of 1605. The Reformation in Zürich was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrates of the city of Zürich and the princess abbess Katharina von Zimmern of the Fraumünster Abbey, and the population of the city of Zürich and agriculture-oriented population of the present Canton of Zürich in the early ...
Protestant Reformers were theologians whose careers, works and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century.. In the context of the Reformation, Martin Luther was the first reformer, sharing his views publicly in 1517, followed by Andreas Karlstadt and Philip Melanchthon at Wittenberg, who promptly joined the new movement.
The Marburg Colloquy was a meeting at Marburg Castle, Marburg, Hesse, Germany, which attempted to solve a disputation between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. It took place between 1 October and 4 October 1529. The leading Protestant reformers of the time attended at the behest of Philip I of ...