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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Huldrych Zwingli, Heinrich Bullinger, Josias Simmler, Oswald Myconius, Karl Barth, Hermann Kutter, Hans Kung, Emil Brunner, Johannes Oecolampadius, Thomas Erastus, Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Johann Jakob Wettstein, Jean Leclerc, Leonhard Ragaz, Joseph Heinrich Aloysius Gugler, Roger Nicole, Hurter, Raymund Schwager, Ambrosius Blarer, Georges Cottier, Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Charles Journet, Samuel Werenfels, Daniel Schenkel, Alexandre Vinet, Joseph Biner, Pierre Viret, Charlotte von Kirschbaum, Claire Clivaz, Romano Amerio, Berchtold Haller, Rudolf Gwalther, Johannes Wolf, Gaston Frommel, Oskar Pfister, Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Charles Morerod, Lukas Vischer, Giovanni Diodati, Bernhard Hirzel, Jean Alphonse Turretin, Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Augustine Reding, Paul Wernle, Johannes Wolleb, Nicolas des Gallars, Johann Augustanus Faber, Johann Hiltalinger, Frederic Louis Godet, Benedict Pictet, Ludwig Hirzel, Edmond Louis Budry, Louis Segond, Roman Bannwart, Leo Jud, Luigi Imperatori, Ulrich Luz, Eduard Schweizer, Benoit Turretin, Kurt Marti, Gulielmus Bucanus, Johann Jakob Hottinger. Excerpt: Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli (1 January 1484 - 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly centre of humanism. He continued his studies while he served as a pastor in Glarus and later in Einsiedeln where he was influenced by the writings of Erasmus. In 1518, Zwingli became the pastor of the Grossmunster in Zurich where he began to preach ideas on reforming the Catholic Church. In his first public controversy in 1522, he attacked the custom of fasting during Lent. In his publications, he noted corruption in the...
