Ulrich zwingli brief biography
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Huldrych Zwingli
Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484–1531)
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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. He continued his studies while he served as a pastor in Glarus and later in Einsiedeln, where he was influenced by the writings of Erasmus. During his tenures at Basel and Einsiedeln, Zwingli began to familiarize himself with many criticisms Christian institutions were facing regarding their reform guidance and garnered scripture which aimed to address such criticisms.[9& • He was born in the Saint-Gall canton in Switzerland and had a solid university education. He linked up with humanism and studied the New Testament in Greek in Erasmus’s edition. He also read the Old Testament in Hebrew. He was successively a curate in a countryside pilgrimage place, and then a Swiss army chaplain during the wars with Italy. In 1519 he became a curate in Zurich and started reforming the city – the local authorities progressively adopted his views and sided with him against the bishop of Constance. His Reformation spread to Basel and Bern, and to French-speaking Switzerland, thanks to the reformer Guillaume Farel. In 1531 Zwingli died at the battle of Kappel, the chaplain for Zurich troops. The conflict opposed six reformed cantons to five others which meant to remain catholic. As he was studying the New Testament, Zwingli found out that the doctrine and • Ulrich Zwingli had a great career, from about 1519 to 1529. He was trained as a Catholic priest and studied at the City of Basel. Basel was quite a university city in Switzerland. The fascinating thing about Basel is that the scholar Erasmus went to print his Greek text there, and at the same time he was printing the Greek text, Zwingli was a student in Basel. In 1516, when Zwingli left Basel, he had with him the Greek New Testament, and for the next few years he studied it. In fact, Zwingli handwrote a copy of Paul’s epistles—so he had the printed copy and his own handwritten copy. He was appointed as the pastor of Grosmunster: the great cathedral in the city of Zurich. And on January 1, 1519, he started preaching in Matthew chapter one, verse one. This was unprecedented. When you showed up for church at that time, all you had was the Mass and perhaps an occasional homily during Advent or Lent—you never heard an ex Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)
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