A new biography captures the misunderstood faith of Huldrych Zwingli. Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) has not usually fared well at the hands of historians. Whether cast as Martin Luther’s antagonist or ...
(RNS) — Despite all the hype during the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the spiritual father of Baptists, Huldrych Zwingli, it turns out, is far more important to modern Christianity than Martin ...
It is something of a truism in Reformation scholarship to refer to Huldrych Zwingli as the "forgotten" reformer or as the "third man" after Martin Luther and John Calvin. There are many reasons why ...
The images are dreadful, the screams heart-wrenching, the torments beyond the bounds of imagination. Anna Reinhart (Sarah Sophia Meyer) is doubled over before an altar in Zurich's Grossmünster, ...
Christians are currently observing the season of Lent, a time of sacrifice to prepare for the celebration of Easter. Many liturgical church members, such as Roman Catholics and Episcopalians, practice ...
The Colloquy at Marburg was called in hopes of reconciling the two centers of the German Reformation—Zurich and Wittenburg, but conflict over the Lord’s Supper split their common cause. Not nearly as ...
The talents of historians rarely extend to poetry. I remember reading the TLS of 4 March 1977 and cringing at the discovery that my doctoral supervisor, Geoffrey Elton, had indulged in a penchant for ...