ABOUT THE STATUE:
The life-size statue of Ulrich Zwingli shows him with a sword in his left hand with the tip of the sword resting on the ground and a Bible held slightly above it in his right hand.
ABOUT THE MAN:
"Huldrych Zwingli 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 center of Renaissance 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 Grossmünster in Zurich where he began to preach ideas on reforming the Catholic Church.
List of works
Zwingli's collected works are expected to fill 21 volumes. A collection of selected works was published in 1995 by the Zwingliverein in collaboration with the Theologischer Verlag Zürich This four-volume collection contains the following works:
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, vol. 1, Corpus Reformatorum vol. 88, ed. Emil Egli. Berlin: Schwetschke, 1905.
- Analecta Reformatoria: Dokumente und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte Zwinglis und seiner Zeit, vol. 1, ed. Emil Egli. Zürich: Züricher and Furrer, 1899.
- Huldreich Zwingli's Werke, ed. Melchior Schuler and Johannes Schulthess, 1824ff.: vol. I; vol. II;vol. III; vol. IV; vol. V; vol. VI, 1; vol. VI, 2; vol. VII; vol. VIII.
- Der evangelische Glaube nach den Hauptschriften der Reformatoren, ed. Paul Wernle. Tübingen: Mohr, 1918.
- Von Freiheit der Speisen, eine Reformationsschrift, 1522, 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.
+ Vol. 1, 1510–1522, New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1912.
+ Vol. 2, Philadelphia: Heidelberg Press, 1922.
+ Vol. 3, Philadelphia: Heidelberg Press, 1929.
- Selected Works of Huldreich Zwingli (1484–1531). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1901.
- The Christian Education of Youth. Collegeville: Thompson Bros., 1899."
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