How Did Zwingli Influence Reform
Bryan Damas
Ms. Abston
January 19, 2014
Ulrich Zwingli
Zwingli was the third of eight boys and two girls born to the successful district official, Ulrich Zwingli, of the town of Wildhaus. Zwingli’s uncle, Bartholomew, was pastor of Wildhaus and became pastor and dean of Wesen on the Walensee. It was there that the younger Ulrich received his early education under his uncle’s guidance. He was sent, at the age of ten to the school of St. Theodore
Years later, Zwingli was educated at the University of Vienna, Berne and the University of Basel. He studied under some of the greatest Humanists of Switzerland. He majored in the classical studies of poetry, philosophy, music, astronomy, physics and the ancient classics. It was likely that Zwingli met men who would plant seeds of reformation in his mind.
In 1506 he was ordained into the priesthood in Glarus, where he began studying Erasmus. Erasmus’ writings were part of what most likely brought Zwingli’s attention on reform. In 1515, he moved to Einsiedeln, where he saw the evil in some practices from Rome such as the …show more content…
As told, Zwingli married Reinhard, a widow of a high position in the community, in a secret marriage in 1522. Zwingli kept his marriage a secret from all but his closest friends until he married her publicly on April 2, 1524. Some have said that this was because priests were forbidden from marrying in his day and he was afraid of the consequences from doing so. Others were not so kind and even accused him of living with her in an unmarried state from 1522-1524 in what was called a “clerical marriage.” Nevertheless, theirs was seen as a good marriage which resulted in the birth of four children, adding to the three she brought into the marriage. Their names were Regula Zwingli, born July 13,1524; Wilhelm Zwingli, born January 29, 1526; Huldreich Zwingli, born Jan. 6, 1528 and Anna Zwingli, born May 4,
Ms. Abston
January 19, 2014
Ulrich Zwingli
Zwingli was the third of eight boys and two girls born to the successful district official, Ulrich Zwingli, of the town of Wildhaus. Zwingli’s uncle, Bartholomew, was pastor of Wildhaus and became pastor and dean of Wesen on the Walensee. It was there that the younger Ulrich received his early education under his uncle’s guidance. He was sent, at the age of ten to the school of St. Theodore
Years later, Zwingli was educated at the University of Vienna, Berne and the University of Basel. He studied under some of the greatest Humanists of Switzerland. He majored in the classical studies of poetry, philosophy, music, astronomy, physics and the ancient classics. It was likely that Zwingli met men who would plant seeds of reformation in his mind.
In 1506 he was ordained into the priesthood in Glarus, where he began studying Erasmus. Erasmus’ writings were part of what most likely brought Zwingli’s attention on reform. In 1515, he moved to Einsiedeln, where he saw the evil in some practices from Rome such as the …show more content…
As told, Zwingli married Reinhard, a widow of a high position in the community, in a secret marriage in 1522. Zwingli kept his marriage a secret from all but his closest friends until he married her publicly on April 2, 1524. Some have said that this was because priests were forbidden from marrying in his day and he was afraid of the consequences from doing so. Others were not so kind and even accused him of living with her in an unmarried state from 1522-1524 in what was called a “clerical marriage.” Nevertheless, theirs was seen as a good marriage which resulted in the birth of four children, adding to the three she brought into the marriage. Their names were Regula Zwingli, born July 13,1524; Wilhelm Zwingli, born January 29, 1526; Huldreich Zwingli, born Jan. 6, 1528 and Anna Zwingli, born May 4,