PART 3: euro history: (Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin)

What did Zwingli found

created and was The leader of the Proestanism in german speaking swiss city of zurich

Zwingli emphasized

preaching from the bible alone, baptism of infants alone as the biblical way (calvin belivied this one to), sola scriptura, salvation sola gratia and sola fide

How did zwingli die

in battle while serving as a chaplain with a protestant army that was defding zurich against an attack by Catholic armies

Who did Zwingli oppose

the group from the radical branch of the ref known as the anabaptists becasue they baptized not infants, but people who had experienced true conversion to faith in Christ

who did Zwingli approve to get killed

the exuction of the anabaptist leader felix manz by drowing in the limmat rive

what is the diff between anabaptists and baptists, and other memebers of the radical reformation are:

separation from the world to live lives of personal holines, pacifism (opp to war at any cost), separation of church and state, opposed infant baptized

who was John calvin

calvain was born in france, but converted under portestant eaching well in uni at paris, fled to france to becom the leader of the ref branch of protestanism in Geneva.

What did john calvin want to be

wanted to be a scholar but others convinced Calvin that God had called mainly to serve as a pastor

what was calvins great work

The Institutes of the Chrsitan Religion

Calvins book became what

classic expression of Protestant theology

Calvin emphasied in his book:

sola fide and sola gratia, the power of the death of jesus on the cross to pay the penalty for the sins of sinners, sola sricputra, the work of jesus as a prophet priest and king and, the nessity for pastors to preach theri sermons from th bible alone

above all else calvin sought to

be a faithful preacher of the word of God

what is calvin associated with

the buring at the statke of the heretic Micheal Servetus on , serveturs even enied the doctrine of the triniy

Calvin asked for what at his

death, his grave to be unmarked so his sight would not become a pilgrimage