Zwingli

Zwing·li

Z0029800 (zwĭng′lē, swĭng′-, tsvĭng′-), Ulrich or Huldreich 1484-1531. Swiss religious reformer whose sermons on the absolute authority of the Bible (1519) marked the beginning of the Reformation in Switzerland.

Zwingli

(German ˈtsvɪŋli) n (Biography) Ulrich (ˈʊlrɪç) or Huldreich (ˈhʊltraiç). 1484–1531, Swiss leader of the Reformation, based in Zurich. He denied the Eucharistic presence, holding that the Communion was merely a commemoration of Christ's death

Zwing•li

(ˈzwɪŋ gli, ˈswɪŋ-, ˈtsvɪŋ-)

n. Ulrich or Huldreich, 1484–1531, Swiss Protestant reformer.

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Zwingli - Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531)Huldreich Zwingli, Ulrich Zwingli