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Zwingli
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Zwing·li  (zwngl, swng-, tsvng-), Ulrich or Huldreich 1484-1531.
Swiss religious reformer whose sermons on the absolute authority of the Bible (1519) marked the beginning of the Reformation in Switzerland.
Zwingli (German) [ˈtsvɪŋli]
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(Biographies / Zwingli, Ulrich or Huldreich (1484-1531) M, Swiss, RELIGION: Reformation leader) Ulrich (ˈʊlrɪç) or Huldreich (ˈhʊltraiç). 1484-1531, Swiss leader of the Reformation, based in Zurich. He denied the Eucharistic presence, holding that the Communion was merely a commemoration of Christ's death
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Noun1.Zwingli - Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531)Zwingli - Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531)
Huldreich Zwingli, Ulrich Zwingli
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While Luther rejected the doctrine of transubstantiation by 1520 and also criticized various other sacramental teachings and practices of the Roman Church, he agreed with the church's affirmation of the real presence and became an ardent defender of Christ's bodily presence, particularly in his conflicts with Huldreich Zwingli and his allies.
Faithfulness: Luther's vision of excellence in ministry by Hendel, Kurt K. / Currents in Theology and Mission
Second, he narrates the emergence of radical Protestantism, including the German Peasants' War of 1524-25, the varieties of Anabaptism, and also anti-Trinitarian, rationalizing Protestants, in relationship to the emergence of the magisterial Protestantism associated with major reformers such as Martin Luther, Huldreich Zwingli, and John Calvin.
Half the story by Gregory, Brad S. / Commonweal
This may be an indictment of the view of the Swiss reformer Huldreich Zwingli, who sharply distinguished between Christ's two natures and insisted, as Calvin later would, that the ascended Christ is the divine Christ to which alone the sacrament refers.
George Herbert's sacramental puritanism (*) by Whalen, Robert / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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