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Issue 4 : Zwingli: Father of the Swiss Reformation

Originally published in 1984

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Zwingli - Father of the Swiss Reformation: From the Publisher
Zwingli - Father of Swiss Reformation: Did You Know?
Zwingli and Luther: The Giant vs. Hercules

John B. Payne
Zwingli - Father of the Swiss Reformation: The Gallery of Family, Friends, Foes & Followers
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.

Fritz Büsser
Black Death Inspires Zwingli's Plague Hymn
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: Replacing The Mass With a New Order of Worship
From the Archives: The Shepherd

Zwingli's Historic Reformation Sermon
From the Archives: Zwingli's Death on the Battlefield of Kappel in 1531
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.

H. Wayne Pipkin
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.

Robert C. Walton
Zwingli: Father of the Swiss Reformation: Recommended Resources

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