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At the same time, of course -and much closer to Geneva both geographically and culturally -reform was being pursued by Ulrich Zwingli, Leo Jud, Oswald Myconius, and their companions in Zurich.4 Zwingli had arrived in Zurich and been appointed Leutpriester (people's priest) in 1519, having already preached and been parish priest in Glarus and Einsiedeln. Zwingli's labors towards reforming the church in the city included moving away from the standard lectionary of biblical readings, opting instead for lectio continua preaching (that is, preaching through entire biblical books verse by verse). 9 March 1522 marked the well-known incident in the home of Christoph Froschauer, during which Froschauer served sausage to his workers, after a long day, during the Lenten fasting period when meat was not to be consumed. The episode, which was dealt with relatively leniently by the city council, prompted concerns in other quarters as did other provocations such as a petition to the bishop of Constance concerning clerical celibacy (Zwingli married Anna Reinhart secretly in 1522).5 Two disputations in 1523 pushed forward Zwingli's reform program, as did a public disputation which occurred on 23 Ja

Author

Opitz, Peter (author)

Publisher

Koninklijke Brill N.V.

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9789004404397