Ulrich Zwingli
Anabaptists
The origins, convictions, conflicts, persecutions, and diverse legacy of the Anabaptists within the Radical Reformation.
Anna Reinhard
A biography of Anna Reinhard, wife of Ulrich Zwingli, whose faith and endurance sustained her family through the hardships of the Swiss Reformation.
Baden Disputation (1526)
Baden Disputation (1526): The Swiss divide becomes public. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
Berchtold Haller
A short biography of Berchtold Haller (1492–1536), the gentle reformer of Bern and author of the Ten Theses of the Bern Disputation of 1528.
Councils and Synods
Explore the councils, diets, colloquies, and synods that shaped the Protestant Reformation, arranged in chronological order.
Greek New Testament
How Erasmus’s printed Greek New Testament helped Reformers return to the sources and shaped the translations of Luther, Zwingli, and Tyndale.
Heinrich Bullinger
A brief biographical sketch of Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575), Zwingli’s successor at Zurich and author of the Second Helvetic Confession.
Hubmaier's Christian Catechism
Balthasar Hubmaier's Christian Catechism of 1526, the first Anabaptist catechism: written at Nikolsburg as instruction before baptism, its logic, its author's remarkable and troubling life, and an honest Reformed assessment.
Hugo von Hohenlandenberg
The Bishop of Constance, in whose diocese Zurich lay, whose mandates against Zwingli’s preaching only hastened Zurich’s break with him.
Ilanz Disputation (1526)
Ilanz Disputation (1526): A parish’s freedom to choose. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
Impact on Culture
How vernacular Bibles, psalm singing, worship, visual art, national languages, and sacred music reshaped Western culture after the Reformation.
Joachim Vadian
A short biography of Joachim Vadian (1484–1551), humanist, physician, and burgomaster who led the Reformation of St. Gall.
Johann Fabri
Zwingli’s friend turned foe, who represented the Bishop of Constance at Zurich and earned the name “hammer of heretics.”
Johannes Oecolampadius
A short biography of Johannes Oecolampadius (1482–1531), reformer of Basel, friend of Zwingli, and defender of the Reformed doctrine of the Lord’s Supper at Marburg.
Leo Jud
A short biography of Leo Jud (1482–1542), Zwingli’s friend and colleague at Zurich, translator for the Zurich Bible, and catechist.
Map of Major Reformers
A map locating major Protestant reformers and the European cities and regions most closely associated with their work.
Maps
An index of Reformation maps tracing reformers’ journeys, major locations, regional movements, and important events across Europe.
Oswald Myconius
A short biography of Oswald Myconius (1488–1552), schoolmaster, Zwingli’s friend and first biographer, and chief pastor of Basel after Oecolampadius.
Philip of Hesse
As a seventeen-year-old, Philip heard Luther defend his teachings at the Diet of Worms.
Reformers
Profiles of the Reformers, a Reformation larger than any one man, group, or movement.
The Colloquy of Marburg
The Colloquy of Marburg, 1529: Philip of Hesse's attempt to unite Luther and Zwingli, the fifteen Marburg Articles, the one point they could not sign together, and why the division over the Lord's Supper still matters.
The Reformation in Switzerland
A concise history of the Swiss Reformation through Zwingli, Calvin, the reforming cities, cantonal conflict, and the rise of the Reformed tradition.
The Schleitheim Confession (1527)
An introduction to the Schleitheim Confession of 1527 and its complete text, with attention to Michael and Margaretha Sattler, persecution, the seven articles, Anabaptist distinctives, and a Reformed assessment.
The Zurich Disputations
The Zurich Disputations of 1523: Zwingli's Sixty-Seven Articles, the first Reformed confession; a city council that made Scripture the judge; and the question from Conrad Grebel that split the Reformation in two.
Ulrich Zwingli
A biographical sketch of Ulrich Zwingli (1484–1531), the reformer of Zurich: Glarus, Einsiedeln, the expository preaching of Matthew, the Sixty-Seven Articles, Marburg, and his death at Kappel.
Ulrich Zwingli’s Travels
An interactive chronological map of Ulrich Zwingli’s life from Wildhaus and Basel to Zurich and the battlefield at Kappel.
Who?
Who brought about the Reformation: the men and women God raised up, and the God who raised them.
Zürich Baptism Disputations (1525)
Zürich Baptism Disputations (1525): The fracture over baptism. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
Zürich Disputations (1523)
Zürich Disputations (1523): Scripture before the city council. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
