Huldrych Zwingli

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Huldrych Zwingli : biography

1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531
  • Volume 1: 1995, 512 pages, ISBN 3-290-10974-7
    • Pestlied (1519/20) "The Plague Song"
    • Die freie Wahl der Speisen (1522) "Choice and Liberty regarding Food"
    • Eine göttliche Ermahnung der Schwyzer (1522) "A Solemn Exhortation [to the people of Schwyz]"
    • Die Klarheit und Gewissheit des Wortes Gottes (1522) "The Clarity and Certainty of the Word of God"
    • Göttliche und menschliche Gerechtigkeit (1523) "Divine and Human Righteousness"
    • Wie Jugendliche aus gutem Haus zu erziehen sind (1523) "How to educate adolescents from a good home"
    • Der Hirt (1524) "The Shepherd"
    • Eine freundschaftliche und ernste Ermahnung der Eidgenossen (1524) "Zwingli’s Letter to the Federation"
    • Wer Ursache zum Aufruhr gibt (1524) "Those Who Give Cause for Tumult"
  • Volume 2: 1995, 556 pages, ISBN 3-290-10975-5
    • Auslegung und Begründung der Thesen oder Artikel (1523) "Interpretation and justification of the theses or articles"
  • Volume 3: 1995, 519 pages, ISBN 3-290-10976-3
    • Empfehlung zur Vorbereitung auf einen möglichen Krieg (1524) "Plan for a Campaign"
    • Kommentar über die wahre und die falsche Religion (1525) "Commentary on True and False Religion"
  • Volume 4: 1995, 512 pages, ISBN 3-290-10977-1
    • Antwort auf die Predigt Luthers gegen die Schwärmer (1527) "A Refutation of Luther’s sermon against vain enthusiasm"
    • Die beiden Berner Predigten (1528) "The Berne sermons"
    • Rechenschaft über den Glauben (1530) "An Exposition of the Faith"
    • Die Vorsehung (1530) "Providence"
    • Erklärung des christlichen Glaubens (1531) "Explanation of the Christian faith"

The complete 21-volume edition is being undertaken by the Zwingliverein in collaboration with the Institut für schweizerische Reformationsgeschichte, and is projected to be organised as follows:

  • vols. I–VI Werke: Zwingli’s theological and political writings, essays, sermons etc., in chronological order. This section was completed in 1991.
  • vols. VII–XI Briefe: Letters
  • vol. XII Randglossen: Zwingli’s glosses in the margin of books
  • vols XIII ff. Exegetische Schriften: Zwingli’s exegetical notes on the Bible.

Vols. XIII and XIV have been published, vols. XV and XVI are under preparation. Vols. XVII to XXI are planned to cover the New Testament.

Older German / Latin editions available online include:

  • Huldreich Zwinglis sämtliche Werke, , Corpus Reformatorum vol. 88, ed. Emil Egli. Berlin: Schwetschke, 1905.
  • , vol. 1, ed. Emil Egli. Zürich: Züricher and Furrer, 1899.
  • Huldreich Zwingli’s Werke, ed. Melchior Schuler and Johannes Schulthess, 1824ff.: ; ;; ; ; ; ; ; .
  • , ed. Paul Wernle. Tübingen: Mohr, 1918.
  • , ed. Otto Walther. Halle: Niemeyer, 1900.

See also the following English translations of selected works by Zwingli:

  • The Latin Works and the Correspondence of Huldreich Zwingli, Together with Selections from his German Works.
    • , New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1912.
    • , Philadelphia: Heidelberg Press, 1922.
    • Vol. 3, Philadelphia: Heidelberg Press, 1929.
  • . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1901.
  • . Collegeville: Thompson Bros., 1899.

Legacy

Zwingli was a humanist and a scholar with many devoted friends and disciples. He communicated as easily with the ordinary people of his congregation as with rulers such as Philip of Hesse. His reputation as a stern, stolid reformer is counterbalanced by the fact that he had an excellent sense of humour and used satiric fables, spoofing, and puns in his writings.. He was more conscious of social obligations than Luther and he genuinely believed that the masses would accept a government guided by God’s word. He tirelessly promoted assistance to the poor, whom he believed should be cared for by a truly Christian community.