Ulrich Zwingli

By: Nicole Heba, Mackenzie Rumburg, Sarah Snow, Heather

Taylor, and Miranda Funk

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Where did he do most of his work?

• Switzerland

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What was their main issue with the

Catholic Church?• They weren’t in harmony with the

Christian practices found in the new testament

• Criticized the Catholic traditions• They abused their power to gain wealth

What did they do to fix what they saw as being wrong about

the Church?

• He began preaching against the Catholic Church and condemning them

• He began preaching sermons directly from the bible, no longer following officially prepared homilies

Did Ulrich Zwingli directly affect any

modern religious group?

• He affected the Presbyterian Church

How did Ulrich Zwingli say worship

ought to be?• Bible is the truth and anything not in the bible

isn’t the truth• In 1524 pictures, relics and statues were

removed from the city’s churches• At a debate about the Last Supper Luther said

Christ is literally present in the bread and wine, Zwingli argued that they just held a symbolic mean

Two Interesting Facts:

• He tried to set up an alliance with Luther but they couldn’t agree on basic theology

• Zwingli was killed in the battle when the Swiss lost to the Roman Catholic Church in a sudden surprise attack

Web Sources

• www.christianitytoday.com• www.reformationtours.com• http://atheism.about.com• www.wsu.edu• www.reformationtours.com