Zwingli

Potter, G. R.

ISBN 10: 0521209390 / ISBN 13: 9780521209397

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1978

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Reprint 1978. Fine hardback copy in Vg+ spine-faded jacket. Name penned on top corner of front endpaper. Inner pages are not annotated in any way. 'The publication of the complete works of Zwingli in the Corpus Reformatorum started in 1905 is now almost complete and in the light of this Professor G.R. Potter has reassessed the life and significance of the Swiss Reformer. Zwingli was widely known as an admirer of Erasmus.' BOOKS SHIPPED IN DURABLE CARD BOXES.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zwingli
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521209390
• ISBN 13: 9780521209397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Huldrych Zwingli was widely known as a humanist and admirer of Erasmus when he came to Zurich from Glarus and Einsiedeln in 1519. The stages of the Zwinglian Reformation there were marked by the attack on compulsory fasting, images in churches and the doctrine of purgatory, culminating in the rejection of the sacrificial nature of the mass. Like Luther, Zwingli accepted sola scripture as the only criterion by which religious beliefs were to be judged, but he parted company with Luther on the central issue of the nature of the eucharist. Their confrontation at Marburg failed to bring about agreement. A further important challenge came from the Anabaptists, who rejected infant baptism, military service, oaths and payment of tithe. Zwingli's many verbal and written discussions with them and his relations with Grebel, Mentz, Blaurock and Hubmaier form part of the story.

Book Description

Huldrych Zwingli was widely known as a humanist and admirer of Erasmus when he came to Zurich from Glarus and Einsiedeln in 1519. The stages of the Zwinglian Reformation there were marked by the attack on compulsory fasting, images in churches and the doctrine of purgatory, culminating in the rejection of the sacrificial nature of the mass.