Huldrych Zwingli: Protestant Reformation

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The Reformation held many interesting people and many great stories. Huldrych Zwingli was a Protestant reformer during the Reformation, like Martin Luther, and John Calvin. He was born on January 1st, 1498 in Windaus Switzerland and died on October 11th, 1531 in Kappel am Albis, Switzerland. He lived a fairly short life compared to those of today. Zwingli is best known as a Swiss Protestant leader and he was killed in the battle of Zurich. I guess you could say that Ulrich was an older version of Martin Luther but not quite as famous. Ulrich was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland. Ulrich and Martin Luther had the same theory that you should live by the bible and what the bible says not by what the church says, however …show more content…

Unfortunately this didn’t work. The reason it didn’t work is because they were in disagreement on what happened during the Lords Supper. Zwingli believed that when Jesus said “This is my body” he was referring this piece of bread symbolizes his body. On the other hand Luther believed that when Jesus said “This is my body” that it meant Jesus was physically present during the sacrament of communion. This goes to show you that Luther and Zwingli didn’t have the same thought on everything. Surprisingly Martin Luther refused to shake hands with Ulrich Zwingli at the end of meetings. In conclusion, Ulrich Zwingli was a very interesting man, it is actually possible that before he moved to Zurich as a Common Preacher he did not read any of the Lutheran Literature. Zwingli had four kids named Regula, Wilhelm, Huldreich, and Anna .On New Year’s Day, 1531 Ulrich Zwingli’s life came to an end where he died on the battlefield in Kappel am Alibs, Switzerland. Zwingli’s body was quartered, burned and mixed with dung to keep his aches from being used as relics after his