Henry bullinger biography

  • Heinrich Bullinger (born July 18, 1504, Bremgarten, Switzerland—died September 17, 1575, Zürich) was a convert from Roman Catholicism who first aided and then succeeded the Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) and who, through his preaching and writing, became a major figure in securing Switzerland for the.
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  • Heinrich Bullinger was a Swiss Reformer and theologian, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Church of Zürich and a pastor at the Grossmünster.

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    Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575)

    The influence of the Reform Movement

    Heinrich Bullinger’s father was Dean at Bremgarten, in the Swiss canton of Argovie, where Heinrich was born in 1504. He was destined for the priesthood and studied at Cologne University from 1519 to 1522. He read the writings of Erasmus, Melanchthon and Luther; which gradually led him to omvandla to the Reformed Protestant Church.

    In 1523, he taught Bible exegesis at the Cistercian monastery in Kappell, in the Zurich canton, but did not take his vows. He also studied Greek and Hebrew, met Zwingli and studied his writings. In 1529 Bullinger married Anna Adlischweiler, a former nun. He became a pastor in Bremgarten, his home-town, succeeding his father who had been dismissed for spreading Reformed Church doctrines.

    Zwingli's successor in Zurich

    In 1531 Zwingli was killed while acting as a chaplain during the battle of Kappel. The inhabitants of Zurich were defeated by the Catholic cantons. The defea

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    When I was busy earning my M.Div. back in the mid-1970s, I heard nothing about the Swiss Reformer, Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575). Perhaps, unsurprisingly, you have never heard his name mentioned in connection with the Protestant Reformation either. I do seem to recall that in my Church History courses the name of Huldrych Zwingli was mentioned when we were dealing with the Reformation, but only in the context of this death at the Second Battle of Kappel in 1531 and that his views of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper erroneously taught that it was only a memorial meal.
    Bullinger was Zwingli’s successor in Zürich and labored there as Zürich’s pastor of the large Grossmünster church for forty-four-plus years. In point of fact, Bullinger was a very accomplished scholar, a great preacher, an excellent teacher, a churchman, and a lover of God’s people. He was a pastor of the people, not shunning, avoiding, or neglecting his congregants.
    His sermons, commentaries, and corresp

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    Heinrich Bullinger

    Swiss Protestant theologian (1504–1575)

    Heinrich Bullinger (18 July 1504 – 17 September 1575) was a SwissReformer and theologian, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Church of Zürich and a pastor at the Grossmünster. One of the most important leaders of the Swiss Reformation, Bullinger co-authored the Helvetic Confessions and collaborated with John Calvin to work out a Reformed doctrine of the Lord's Supper.[1]

    Life

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    Early life and studies (1504–1522)

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    Heinrich Bullinger was born to Heinrich Bullinger Sr., a priest, and Anna Wiederkehr, at Bremgarten, Aargau, Switzerland.[2] Heinrich and Anna were able to live as husband and wife, even though not legally married, because the bishop of Constance, who had clerical oversight over Aargau, had unofficially sanctioned clerical concubinage by waiving penalties against the offense in exchange for an annual fee, called a cradle tax.[3]: 18