Zwing·li·an (zw ng l - n, swng-, tsvng-)adj. Of or relating to Ulrich Zwingli or to his theological system, especially his doctrine that the physical body of Jesus is not present in the Eucharist and that the ceremony is merely a symbolic commemoration of Jesus's death. n. A follower of Zwingli. Zwing li·an·ism n. |
Zwinglianism
the doctrine that in the Lord’s supper there is an influence of Christ upon the soul but that the true body of Christ is present only through faith and not reality. — Zwinglianist, n. — Zwinglian, adj.
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