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Huldrych Zwingli

Type Figure Region Swiss Confederacy Time 1484–1531 Also known as Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531), leader of the Swiss Reformation and pastor of Zurich's great church, independently reformed Swiss churches, differing w…

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  1. 1506–1518Glarus · Canton of GlarusZwingli received a humanist education in Basel, Vienna, and elsewhere, served as pastor in Glarus and Appenzell, studied the works of Erasmus, and came into contact with reform ideas.
  2. 1519–1525Zurich · Canton of ZurichFrom 1519 Zwingli preached through the Bible chapter by chapter at the great church of Zurich, promoting the abolition of images, the closing of monasteries, and liturgical reform, making Zurich the center of the Swiss Reformation.
  3. 1527–1529Zurich · Canton of ZurichZwingli and Luther clashed fiercely over the nature of the Eucharist; the 1529 Marburg Colloquy failed to produce agreement, and Protestantism thereby divided into the Lutheran and Reformed traditions.
  4. 1531Kappel · Canton of ZurichIn 1531 Zwingli served as an army chaplain in the Second Battle of Kappel; Zurich was defeated and Zwingli killed, and the Swiss Reformation entered a new phase under the leadership of Bullinger.

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