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Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)
The founder of the Reformed movement
He was born in the Saint-Gall canton in Switzerland and had a solid university education.
He linked up with humanism and studied the New Testament in Greek in Erasmus’s edition. He also read the Old Testament in Hebrew.
He was successively a curate in a countryside pilgrimage place, and then a Swiss army chaplain during the wars with Italy.
In 1519 he became a curate in Zurich and started reforming the city – the local authorities progressively adopted his views and sided with him against the bishop of Constance.
His Reformation spread to Basel and Bern, and to French-speaking Switzerland, thanks to the reformer Guillaume Farel.
In 1531 Zwingli died at the battle of Kappel, the chaplain for Zurich troops. The conflict opposed six reformed cantons to five others which meant to remain catholic.
Understanding the Bible
As he was studying the New Testament, Zwingli found out that the doctrine and