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Auf dem Haus Sonnenfelsgasse 19, das früher als Amtshaus der Universität diente, wird Ulrich Zwingli mit einer steinernen Gedenktafel gedacht. Die Inschrift lautet:
Ulrich Zwingli
Reformator von Kirche u. Gesellschaft
studierte 1498/99 u. 1500 in Wien
Über Ulrich Zwingli:
Huldrych Zwingli (auch Huldreych, Huldreich und Ulrich Zwingli; * 1. Januar 1484 in Wildhaus; † 11. Oktober 1531 in Kappel am Albis) war ein Schweizer Theologe und der erste Zürcher Reformator. Aus der Zürcher und der Genfer Reformation ging die reformierte Kirche hervor.
Seine Theologie wurde in der zweiten Generation von Heinrich Bullinger und Johannes Calvin weitergetragen.
Zwingli verliess 1498 Bern und begann als Fünfzehnjähriger sein Studium an der Universität Wien; dort immatrikulierte er sich als «Vdalricus Zwinglij de Glaris». Er studierte an der Artistenfakultät, wo er nach dem damals üblichen Studiengang eine Art Grundausbildung in den Sieben freien Künsten (septem artes liberales) erhielt. Dann im Sommersemester 1500, trat er noch ein zweites mal, diesmal als «Vdalricus Zwingling de Lichtensteig» in Wien in Erscheinung.
Quelle und weitere Informationen: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli
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On the house Sonnenfelsgasse 19, formerly the official residence of the university, Ulrich Zwingli is commemorated with a stone plaque. The inscription reads:
Ulrich Zwingli
Reformer of church and society
studied 1498/99 and 1500 in Vienna
About Ulrich Zwingli:
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 1519, Zwingli became the pastor of the Grossmünster in Zürich where he began to preach ideas on reform of 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 ecclesiastical hierarchy, promoted clerical marriage, and attacked the use of images in places of worship. In 1525, Zwingli introduced a new communion liturgy to replace the Mass. Zwingli also clashed with the Anabaptists, which resulted in their persecution. Historians have debated whether or not he turned Zürich into a theocracy.
The Reformation spread to other parts of the Swiss Confederation, but several cantons resisted, preferring to remain Catholic. Zwingli formed an alliance of Reformed cantons which divided the Confederation along religious lines. In 1529, a war between the two sides was averted at the last moment. Meanwhile, Zwingli's ideas came to the attention of Martin Luther and other reformers. They met at the Marburg Colloquy and although they agreed on many points of doctrine, they could not reach an accord on the doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
In 1531 Zwingli's alliance applied an unsuccessful food blockade on the Catholic cantons. The cantons responded with an attack at a moment when Zürich was ill-prepared. Zwingli was killed in battle at the age of 47. His legacy lives on in the confessions, liturgy, and church orders of the Reformed churches of today.
Source and further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli