Christian History

Issue 4

Zwingli: Father of the Swiss Reformation

Originally published in 1984

Christian History magazine was published by Christianity Today from 1982 to 2008.

Articles in this Issue

The Shepherd-Who is the True Pastor?

In a historic sermon preached on the third day of the second Zurich Disputation, Zwingli set forth his understanding of the ministry in a lengthy message that is timeless in the application. Excerpts from this sermon are found in the “From the Archives” section of this magazine. In this article Dr. Fritz Büsser discusses the central thrust of Zwingli’s understanding of the nature of the ministry as aticulated in “The Shepherd” sermon.

Zwingli – Father of the Swiss Reformation: Christian History Timeline

50 years that changed with faith, fortunes, food and faraway places.

From the Archives: Zwingli’s 67 Theses

In His Theses, Zwingli Highlights His Reformed Beliefs

From the Archives: The Shepherd

Zwingli’s Historic Reformation Sermon

Impatient Radicals: The Anabaptists

Some of Zwingli’s closest early associates felt that he and the Zurich City Council were moving too slowly in implementing the Swiss Reformation. Their protests led to persecution.

The Spread of the Zwingli Reformation

Zwingli died before his dreams were fulfilled, but his followers, especially Heinrich Bullinger, spread his Reformed influence throughout Europe, to England, and eventually to America.

All Archives

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