Zwingli’s confession: The Sixty-Seven Articles
This article by Rodney Kleyn examines Huldrych Zwingli's Sixty-Seven Articles, which served as theological theses for the First Zurich Disputation in 1523 and became the first Reformed confession. The resource explains how these succinct doctrinal statements challenged Roman Catholic errors and persuaded Zurich's city council to officially adopt the Reformation, establishing a pattern for subsequent Reformed confessional documents.
The Sixty-Seven Articles were prepared by Zwingli as "talking points" (theses for public debate) for the First Zurich Disputation held on January 29, 1523.1 In the four years prior to this, Zwingli, a Catholic priest and cleric, had publicly preached against many Roman Catholic practices including the sale of indulgences, the veneration of saints, pilgrimages, the use of images in worship, the requirement of clerical celibacy, and the dietary restrictions of Lent. Practicing what he preached,...
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