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TitleZwingli : God's armed prophet
AuthorGordon, Bruce.
Call No270.60924 ZWI.G
CollectionMelbourne Reserve NOT FOR LOAN
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International Standard Book Number 9780300235975
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 270.60924 ZWI.G
Personal Name Gordon, Bruce.
Title Statement Zwingli : God's armed prophet
Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021.
Physical Description 349p.
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Formatted Contents Note Mountain valley -- Humanist priest -- Disruptive: 1519-1522 -- Divergent visions: 1523-1524 -- Reformation -- 'We wish to learn out his own mouth who God is': true and false religion -- Broken body: Zwingli and Luther -- Expansion and conflict -- Alliances and confrontations -- End -- 'It is certain that Zwingli died in great sin and blasphemy': remembered and forgotten -- Legacies.
Summary, Etc. A major new biography of Huldrych Zwingli--the warrior preacher who shaped the early ReformationHuldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) was the most significant early reformer after Martin Luther. As the architect of the Reformation in Switzerland, he created the Reformed tradition later inherited by John Calvin. His movement ultimately became a global religion. A visionary of a new society, Zwingli was also a divisive and fiercely radical figure. Bruce Gordon presents a fresh interpretation of the early Reformation and the key role played by Zwingli. A charismatic preacher and politician, Zwingli transformed church and society in Zurich and inspired supporters throughout Europe. Yet, Gordon shows, he was seen as an agitator and heretic by many and his bellicose, unyielding efforts to realize his vision would prove his undoing. Unable to control the movement he had launched, Zwingli died on the battlefield fighting his Catholic opponents
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term ZWINGLI, ULRICH.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term CLERGY - SWITZERLAND - BIOGRAPHY.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term REFORMERS - SWITZERLAND - BIOGRAPHY.