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A comprehensive analysis of Zwingli's life and his role in the reformation, in Switzerland and beyond
Ulrich, or Huldrych, Zwingli of Zürich is the 'great unknown' of the Reformation in Europe, and yet his influence and ideas have penetrated into every part of the world where the Reformed tradition has been planted. He was neither a passionate man of religion like Luther, nor a superb dialectician like Calvin. But in his lucid radicalism and belief in thorough reform in Church doctrine as well as in government, Zwingli stands with his two more famous brethren as a 'Father of the Reformation'.
First published in English in 1964, Jean Rilliet's biography places Zwingli in the context of Swiss church history, as well as that of the sixteenth-century upheaval of which he was a part. Covering every aspect of Zwingli's career, with detailed discussion of his more influential writings, the picture that emerges is one of a 'fighting prophet', unremittent in his search for God in this most turbulent of times.
Ulrich, or Huldrych, Zwingli of Zürich is the 'great unknown' of the Reformation in Europe, and yet his influence and ideas have penetrated into every part of the world where the Reformed tradition has been planted. He was neither a passionate man of religion like Luther, nor a superb dialectician like Calvin. But in his lucid radicalism and belief in thorough reform in Church doctrine as well as in government, Zwingli stands with his two more famous brethren as a 'Father of the Reformation'.
First published in English in 1964, Jean Rilliet's biography places Zwingli in the context of Swiss church history, as well as that of the sixteenth-century upheaval of which he was a part. Covering every aspect of Zwingli's career, with detailed discussion of his more influential writings, the picture that emerges is one of a 'fighting prophet', unremittent in his search for God in this most turbulent of times.
Price: $110.00
Pages: 324
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
30 November 2023
Trim Size: 5.98 X 8.98 in
ISBN: 9780227179635
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Biography: religious and spiritual, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
An exceedingly well planned volume, which, after an introductory essay on the Swiss people, takes the reader through every important aspect of Zwinglis career, including Marburg with all of its political and theological difficulties, and even manages to seize upon the appearance of Zwinglis Commentarius de vera et false religione (1525) to offer a descriptive review of Zwinglis theology in the course of some thirty pages. . . . A sound, eminently readable, even absorbing biography, that teaches us more about Zwingli, and does him greater justice, than any comparable volume I am aware of.
— Bart Thompson, in Church History
Jean Rilliet's Zwingli: Third Man of the Reformation fills a significant gap in historical knowledge by illuminating the life of a key yet often overlooked figure. If you want to get to know more about this bold and fearless reformer, this book is an indispensable resource!
— Marc Daniel Rivera
— Bart Thompson, in Church History
Jean Rilliet's Zwingli: Third Man of the Reformation fills a significant gap in historical knowledge by illuminating the life of a key yet often overlooked figure. If you want to get to know more about this bold and fearless reformer, this book is an indispensable resource!
— Marc Daniel Rivera
Author's Foreword 9
Introduction: The Swiss Background 11
Part One: The Formative Years
1. Childhood and Education 21
2. Vicar of Glarus and Chaplain in Italy 30
3. Chaplain A Einsiedeln: The Call To Zürich 40
4. Beginnings at Zürich: the Great Plague 48
Part Two: The Reformer
5. Zwingli, the Biblical Preacher 57
6. Ways and Means: the Temporizer 63
7. Lent, 1522: the Dramatic Affair of the Sausages 67
8. Final Attempts at Conciliation: the Rupture 71
Part Three: The Protestant Revolution
9. Abandonment of Ancient Practices 83
10. End of Chapter and Cloisters 87
11. From Mass to Lord's Supper 92
Introduction: The Swiss Background 11
Part One: The Formative Years
1. Childhood and Education 21
2. Vicar of Glarus and Chaplain in Italy 30
3. Chaplain A Einsiedeln: The Call To Zürich 40
4. Beginnings at Zürich: the Great Plague 48
Part Two: The Reformer
5. Zwingli, the Biblical Preacher 57
6. Ways and Means: the Temporizer 63
7. Lent, 1522: the Dramatic Affair of the Sausages 67
8. Final Attempts at Conciliation: the Rupture 71
Part Three: The Protestant Revolution
9. Abandonment of Ancient Practices 83
10. End of Chapter and Cloisters 87
11. From Mass to Lord's Supper 92