History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII : Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation.

By Schaff, Philip

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Title:	History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII : Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation.
Author:	Schaff, Philip
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Excerpt
Excerpt: During the last year, the sixth-centenary of the oldest surviving Republic was celebrated with great patriotic enthusiasm. On the first day of August, in the year 1291, the freemen of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden formed, in the name of the Lord a perpetual alliance for the mutual protection of their persons, property, and liberty, against internal and external foes. On the same day, in 1891, the great event was commemorated in every village of Switzerland by the ringing of bells and the illumination of the mountains, while on the following day-a Sunday-thanksgiving services were held in every church, Catholic and Protestant. The chief festivities took place, from July 31 to Aug. 2, in the towns of Schwyz and Brunnen, and were attended by the Federal and Cantonal dignitaries, civil and military, and a vast assembly of spectators. The most interesting feature was a dramatic representation of the leading events in Swiss history-the sacred oaths of Schwyz, Brunnen, and Grutli, the poetic legend of William Tell, the heroic battles for liberty and independence against Austria, Burgundy, and France, the venerable figure of Nicolas von der Flue appearing as a peacemaker in the Diet at Stans, and the chief scenes of the Reformation, the Revolution, and the modern reconstruction. The drama, enacted in the open field in view of mountains and meadows and the lake of Luzern, is said to have equaled in interest and skill of execution the famous Passion Play of Oberammergau. Similar celebrations took place, not only in every city and village of Switzerland, but also in the Swiss colonies in foreign lands, notably in New York, on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of September...

Table of Contents
Table of Contents About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii History of the Christian Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1 Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2 Postscript. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 5 Preface to the Second Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 Switzerland before the Reformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 The Swiss Reformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 8 The Genius of the Swiss Reformation compared with the German. . . . . p. 10 Literature on the Swiss Reformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12 Zwingli's Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 15 The Zwingli Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 15 Zwingli's Birth and Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 18 Zwingli in Glarus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19 Zwingli in Einsiedeln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 23 Zwingli and Luther. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 25 The Reformation In Zurich. 1519-1526. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27 Zwingli called to Zurich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27 Zwingli's Public Labors and Private Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 28 Zwingli and the Sale of Indulgences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 30 Zwingli during the Pestilence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 30 The Open Breach. Controversy about Fasts. 1522. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 34 Petition for the Abolition of Clerical Celibacy. Zwingli's Marriage. . . . . p. 35 Zwingli and Lambert of Avignon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 37 The Sixty-seven Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 37 The Public Disputations. 1523. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 39 The Abolition of the Roman Worship. 1524. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 41 The Reformed Celebration of the Lord's Supper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 42 p. 43 Other Changes. A Theological School. The Carolinum. A System of Theology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Translation of the Bible. Leo Judae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 44 Church and State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 45 Zwingli's Conflict with Radicalism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 47 The Baptismal Controversy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51 Persecution of the Anabaptists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 54