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Zwingli’s Ambivalent Anniversary 2019: An Ereignisbericht

Zwingli’s Ambivalent Anniversary 2019: An Ereignisbericht By Bruce Gordon and Randolph C. Head 2019 marked the five-hundredth anniversary of Huldrych Zwingli’s arrival in Zurichaspeople’spriestattheGrossmünster,thefirststeptowardshisdecisive influence on the early Reformation movement in the city, across the Swiss Confederation, into the southwestern Empire, and beyond. Unlike the com- memorationsin2017thatlookedtoMartinLuther’sNinety-FiveThesesasthe genesis of the Reformation, however, 2019 lacked any uniquely dramatic mo- menttomark.On1January1519,Zwinglibegantopreachthroughthewhole of the Gospel of Matthew, setting aside the church lectionary to establish the practice of lectio continua that would become central to the Reformed tradi- tion.Thecontrast between thetwo anniversariesis strikingand informative. Zwingliisnotaneasyfiguretocommemorate,andmanymodernZurichers have little inclination to do so.Even before Catholic Swiss troops on the Kap- pel battlefield in 1531 put an abrupt end to his prophetic mission to reform churchandsocietyintheSwissConfederation,Zwingli’scareerevokedconflict andambiguitiesamonghiscolleaguesandcritics,areactionthatonlydeepened andbecamemorecomplexinsubsequentcenturies.InDecember1518hehad been elected to his priestly post in the Grossmünster in a divided vote, a con- troversial figure with a reputation for sexual promiscuity and outspoken views onsensitivesubjectssuchasmercenary service,pensions,andthealliancewith the King of France. He was also known for his passionate preaching at the BenedictineAbbeyofEinsiedeln,wheremanycivicleadershadheardhimdur- ing the annual pilgrimage from the city to the Black Madonna. Disagreement amongthecanonsoftheGrossmünsterinDecember1518foreshadowedwhat was to follow. Zwingli divided the city, his native land, and the Reformation with his uncompromising views on the nature of God’s Word and imminent divine judgment on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte - Archive for Reformation History de Gruyter

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By Bruce Gordon and Randolph C. Head 2019 marked the five-hundredth anniversary of Huldrych Zwingli’s arrival in Zurichaspeople’spriestattheGrossmünster,thefirststeptowardshisdecisive influence on the early Reformation movement in the city, across the Swiss Confederation, into the southwestern Empire, and beyond. Unlike the com- memorationsin2017thatlookedtoMartinLuther’sNinety-FiveThesesasthe genesis of the Reformation, however, 2019 lacked any uniquely dramatic mo- menttomark.On1January1519,Zwinglibegantopreachthroughthewhole of the Gospel of Matthew, setting aside the church lectionary to establish the practice of lectio continua that would become central to the Reformed tradi- tion.Thecontrast between thetwo anniversariesis strikingand informative. Zwingliisnotaneasyfiguretocommemorate,andmanymodernZurichers have little inclination to do so.Even before Catholic Swiss troops on the Kap- pel battlefield in 1531 put an abrupt end to his prophetic mission to reform churchandsocietyintheSwissConfederation,Zwingli’scareerevokedconflict andambiguitiesamonghiscolleaguesandcritics,areactionthatonlydeepened andbecamemorecomplexinsubsequentcenturies.InDecember1518hehad been elected to his priestly post in the Grossmünster in a divided vote, a con- troversial figure with a reputation for sexual promiscuity and outspoken views onsensitivesubjectssuchasmercenary service,pensions,andthealliancewith the King of France. He was also known for his passionate preaching at the BenedictineAbbeyofEinsiedeln,wheremanycivicleadershadheardhimdur- ing the annual pilgrimage from the city to the Black Madonna. Disagreement amongthecanonsoftheGrossmünsterinDecember1518foreshadowedwhat was to follow. Zwingli divided the city, his native land, and the Reformation with his uncompromising views on the nature of God’s Word and imminent divine judgment on

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