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He studied at Emmerich and Cologne, where the teaching of Peter Lombard led him, through Augustine of Hippo and Chrysostom, to first hand study of the Bible. Next the writings of Luther and Melanchthon appealed to him.

Appointed teacher (1522) in the cloister school of Cappel , he lectured on Melanchthon's Loci Communes (1521). He heard Zwingli at ZürichZurich IPA [ˈtsyːrɪç] (in English often Zurich which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population 364,558 in 2002; as agglomeration 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zurich. in 1527Events January 5 Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zurich by the Zurich Reformed state church. May 6 Spanish and German troops led by the Duke of Bourbon sack Rome (the infamous Sacco di Roma), forcing Pop, and next year accompanied him to the disputation at BernThe city of Bern English traditionally Berne [b3`n] ( Swiss German Barn [bae:rn], German Bern [ˈbɛrn], French Berne [bERn], Italian''Berna ['bErna], Romansh Berna ['bErn@]) is the "Bundesstadt" (capital) of Switzerland. Inhabitants: 127,000e.

He was made pastor of Bremgarten in 1529Events April 22 Treaty of Saragossa divides the western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal that the dividing line should lay 297. 5 leagues west of the Moluccas. Spain gets monetary compensation in return for giving Portugal more territory that was in, and married Anna Adlischweiler, a former nunA nun is a woman who takes monastic vows. In the Catholic tradition, these are typically vows of stability (that is, to remain a member of a single monastic community), obedience (to an abbess or prioress), and "conversion of life" (which includes the ide, by whom he had eleven children. After the Battle of Cappel ( October 11October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). There are 81 days remaining. Events 1600-1899 1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony. 1776 American, 1531Events January 26 Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake thousands die October 1 Battle of Kappel The forces of Zurich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldreich Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed. Our Lady of Guadeloupe: The Virgin M), in which Zwingli fell, he left Bremgarten. On December 9December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining. Events 1793 New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva is established by Noah Webster 1824 Battle of Ayacucho Peru defea, 1531Events January 26 Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake thousands die October 1 Battle of Kappel The forces of Zurich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldreich Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed. Our Lady of Guadeloupe: The Virgin M he was chosen to succeed Zwingli as chief pastor of Zürich.

A strong writer and thinker, his spirit was essentially unifying and sympathetic, in an age when these qualities won little sympathy.

His controversies on the Lord's Supper with Luther, and his correspondence with Lelio Sozini, exhibit, in different connections, his admirable mixture of dignity and tenderness. With Calvin he concluded ( 1549) the Consensus Tigurinus on the Lord's Supper. The (second) Helvetic Confession (1566) adopted in Switzerland, Hungary, Bohemia and elsewhere, was his work. The volumes of the Zürich Letters, published by the Parker Society, testify to his influence on the English reformation in later stages.

Many of his sermons were translated into English (reprinted, 4 vols., 1849). His works, mainly expository and polemical, have not been collected. He died at Zürich.

Among his descendants was the noted Biblical scholar E.W. Bullinger.

See Carl Pestalozzi, Leben (1858); Raget Christoffel, H. Bullinger (1875); Justus Heer, in Hauck's Realencyklopädie (1897).

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