CHURCH HISTORY II Lesson 4

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CHURCH HISTORY IILesson 4 The Clarity
Certainty of the Word of God The Life
Theology of Ulrich Zwingli
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Ancient Church History
Medieval Church History
Modern Church History
Reformation Counter Reformation
Apostolic Church
The First Medieval Pope
The Rise of the Holy Roman Empire
Apostolic Fathers
Rationalism, Revivalism, Denominationalism
The Crusades
Church Councils
Revivalism, Missions, Modernism
Golden Age of Church Fathers
The Papacy in Decline
The Pre-Reformers
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I felt as if someone was lifting me by the hair
right up into the sky
Thomas Platter
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1. Zwinglis First 35 Years

January 1, 1484

• Swiss peasant family
• Adam was the first peasant

B. Influenced by Humanists
Erasmus
When did Zwingli become a Protestant?
I felt as if the gates of heaven were open and I
had been born anew Luther
More gradual process-Zwingli
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1506 Became priest at Glarus
Chaplin to monastery
Accompanied mercenary soldiers

1. Waste of youth
2. Waste of morals

1516 Moved to Einsieden
Luther propelled me to eagerness
I do not want to be called Lutheran, for I did
not learn the teaching of Christ from Luther, but
from the Word of God
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II. The Reformer of Zurich
A. The Pastor
1. The plague of 1519
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Help me, O Lord,My strength and rockLo, at the
doorI hear deaths knock.Uplift shine
arm,Once pierced for me,That conquered
death.And set me free.Yet, if thy voice,In
lifes midday.Recalls my soul,Then I obey.In
faith and hopeEarth I resign.Secure of
heaven.For I am Thine.
My pains increaseHaste to consoleFor fear and
woeSeize body and soul.Death is at hand.My
senses fail.My tongue is dumbNow, Christ,
prevail.Lo! Satan strainsTo snatch his preyI
feel his graspMust I give way?He harms me
not,I fear no loss,For here I lieBeneath thy
cross.
My God! My Lord!Healed by the hand.Upon the
earthOnce more I stand.Let sin no moreRule
over meMy mouth shall singAlone to
thee.Though now delayed,My hour will
come.Involved, perchance.In deeper gloom.But,
let it comeWith joy Ill rise,And bear my
yokeStraight to the skies.
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II. The Reformer of Zurich
A. The Pastor
1. The plague of 1519
2. Theological Disputation of January 1523
Sixty-Seven Articles
vigorous expression of the Reformed faith
custom should yield to the Bible
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2nd Disputation October 26-28, 1523
Shepherd
Revelation
Reconciliation
Revolution
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3. Zwinglis theology
a. The Theologian of the Bible
The Clarity and Certainty of the Word of God
I began to try every doctrine by this touchstone
(of Scripture). If I saw that a teaching could
bear the test, I accepted it if not, I rejected
it
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WORSHIP
Luther-we may do what the Bible does not forbid
Zwingli-we may not do what the Bible does not
command
Zwingli and the Radicals
Zwingli and Luther The Lords Supper
Marburg Castle
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The Lords Supper

• Luthers answer Text does not apply to the
  Lords Supper the Spirit acts inwardly when we
  act outwardly
• Luthers text This is my body (Luke 2219)
• Presence of Christ Physical
• Purpose of the sacrament Strengthening of faith
  and remission of sins
• Luthers conception of the Zwinglian view A
  rational emptying of the Lords Supper

• Zwinglis text It is the Spirit who gives life,
  the flesh is of no avail (John 663)
• Zwinglis answer is signify
• Presence of Christ Spiritual
• Purpose of the sacrament Thanksgiving for the
  death of Christ (memorial)
• Zwinglis conception of the Lutheran view A
  return to ceremonies and works

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I would rather drink blood with the Papists than
mere juice with the Zwinglians M. Luther
Difference in interpretation not authority
B. The patriot

• Rule of God extended over all
• of life

• Political alliances are necessary to
• preserve and extend the worship
• of God

3. Death in battle at age 46
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III. Zwinglis Successor Heinrich Bullinger
Greatest influence Writings

• Letters-over 12,000!

• The Decades 50 groups

• The Second Helvetic Confession

Bullinger (1504-75)