The Winds of Reform Ulrich Zwingli

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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Third child among nine. At ten years old, he was
sent to Basel where he learned Latin. After
three years in Basel, he stayed a short time in
Bern with the humanist, Henry Wölfflin. He left
Bern without completing his Latin studies.
He enrolled in the University of Vienna in 1498
but was expelled. He reenrolled in the summer
semester of 1500. Zwingli continued his studies
in Vienna until 1502, at which time he
transferred to the University of Basel where he
received the Master of Arts degree in 1506.
Though he had been moving in the direction of the
Reformation for several years, it was in 1522
when he came out in opposition to Church imposed
fasts that he threw himself vigorously into the
reformation movement. Zwinglis interpretive
approach to the Scriptures was more rigid than
Luther's approach.
It was while he was a student at the University
of Basel that an instructor impressed him with
the sole authority of the Scriptures, the death
of Christ as the only price for the forgiveness
of sins, and the worthlessness of indulgences.
After completing his education, he was appointed
a parish priest in Glarus.
Jan 1, 1484 Oct 11, 1531
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Ulrich Zwingli Martin Luther
Zwingli believed that only that for which
distinct authorization could be found in the
Scriptures was allowable in religious practice
Luther believed that unless the Scriptures
specifically forbid a belief or practice, it was
permissible.
Silence Permits
Silence Forbids
Consequently Zwingli rejected such things as the
papacy, mass, saintly intercession, monasticism,
purgatory, clerical celibacy, relics, images, and
church organs. Luther continued to accept much
of Catholicism while attacking the abuses.
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Ulrich Zwingli Martin Luther
Luther and Zwingli agreed on many points, but
there were also some fundamental differences
between them. They had different religious
emphases. To Luther the primary concern was the
freedom the soul could enjoy by forgiveness of
sin, which was solely by faith. To Zwingli,
however, the will of God as set forth in the
Bible, and conformity to it, was the central
feature of his belief. Thus, Luthers approach
was more emotional while Zwinglis was more
intellectual.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
1507 Luther is ordained as a priest at Erfurt
1509 Henry VIII becomes King of England 1509
Birth of John Calvin 1510 Luther sent to Rome on
monastic business. He saw the corruption of the
church 1514 Birth of John Knox 1515 While
teaching on Romans, Luther realizes faith and
justification are the work of God 1517 Luther
nails his 95 Theses to the door of the church in
Wittenberg. It is the first public act of the
Reformation 1517 Zwinglis reform is beginning
in Switzerland
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
1521 Luther is excommunicated 1528 The
Conference of Marburg 1531 The death of Ulrich
Zwingli 1532 or 1533 Calvins conversion 1534
Henry VIII declares himself The only supreme
head in earth of the Church of England 1536
Menno Simons rejects Catholicism, becomes an
Anabaptist 1536 William Tyndale strangled and
burned at the stake. He was the first to
translate the Bible into English from the
original languages 1546 Death of Martin Luther
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Division among the Reformers This is My Body
In his writings Zwingli attacked the idea of the
literal presence of Christ during the Lords
Supper. Zwingli believed that the word is took
on the meaning of signifies. That Jesus uses
is as a metaphor and that there was no real
presence of Jesus during the Supper.
In 1527 Luther attacked Zwinglis position with
zeal. He placed this battle in the context of
battling Satanic Forces.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Division among the Reformers This is My Body
In 1528 Philip of Hesse proposed a meeting
between Zwingli and Luther. Zwingli accepted
fully believing that he would be able to convince
Luther. By contrast, Luther did not expect
anything to come out of the meeting and had to be
urged by Philip to attend. Other theologians also
participated. The debates were held from October
1-3.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Division among the Reformers This is My Body
On the final day Philip presented the fifteen
Marburg Articles. The first
fourteen of them dealt with such matters as the
Trinity, baptism of infants, and the position
toward government authority, which Luther and
Zwingli more or less agreed on, but the final
article on the Eucharist there was remaining
disagreement. Zwingli and Luther parted without
achieving unity resulting in two branches of
Protestantism. Luther rejected Zwingli as a
brother in the faith.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Division among the Reformers This is My Body
In that same year (1528) the Catholic Church
convened the
Diet of Spires (Diet from Latin dies meaning
day came to mean a formal deliberative
assembly). This decree commanded the restoration
of the Mass and prohibited any change in worship.
Against this Six men (Elector of Saxony George
of Brandenburg Philip of Hesse Wolfgang of
Anhalt, and Ernest Francis of Luneburg signed a
protest. Protestant
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Branches of the Reformation
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
In addition to his beliefs about the Lords
Supper, Zwingli also advanced the belief of
justification by faith condemned the Catholic
Mass stopped invoking the saints. He contended
the Clergy should marry that the church should
conduct its services in the language of the
people. He believed that monastic orders should
be abolished. Further he ordered the removal of
all organs and other instruments of music from
being used in worship. He was a strong advocate
of respecting the silence of the Scriptures.
Using the following verses tell which verse
would have given rise to Zwinglis beliefs?
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Luke 2217-20
The emblems (bread fruit of the vine) only
represent the body and blood of Jesus, because He
had not yet died. His body was still there and
His blood was still in his veins. Thus, he would
have rejected the doctrine of Transubstantiation
or Consubstantiation.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Hebrews 711-14
The Scriptures were silent (not authorizing) a
priest coming from the tribe of Judah. The
Scriptures stated the priests would come from the
tribe of Levi. Thus, Zwingli would have seen that
silence forbids NOT permits.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Ephesians 28-9
The Bible teaches that the lost are saved by
faith and not works (penances, indulgencies). It
is the grace of God, not the intervention of men
that saves the lost. Thus, he would have rejected
Catholic Works and auricular confession.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
1 Timothy 25
Jesus is the one mediator. Neither saints nor
angels can mediate for man. Thus, he would have
rejected the idea of praying to (invoking) saints
(dead popes or any other dead or living person
including Mary), or angels, etc.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
1 Corinthians 71-6
The Bible tells men and women to marry. Also,
marriage is an honorable and normal state. Thus,
he would have correctly concluded that demanding
clergy NOT to marry was contrary to the
teaching of the Bible.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Galatians 328-29
All are equal in Christ (Jew, Gentile, Male,
Female, etc). There is not special classification
of Believers. Thus, Zwingli would have rejected
the idea of monastic orders (Order of Friar
Servants of Mary, Order of St. Benedict, of which
there are hundreds).
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
Ephesians 519
Eph 519 speaking to one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
melody in your heart to the Lord. Thus, he would
have naturally understood that the organs, etc.
being used in worship were without biblical
authority. It was not until relatively recent
times that Presbyterian Churches introduced
instruments of music.
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The Winds of Reform (Ulrich Zwingli)
1 Corinthians 146-11
1 Cor 1411 Therefore, if I do not know the
meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner
to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a
foreigner to me. Zwingli concluded that any
speaking done in worship services was to be
understood. He demanded that worship be held in
the language of the people who were worshiping.
Vulgar, vulgaris coarse, low, ill-bred.
Common / Ordinary.
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