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Swiss Reformation A
Important Personalities
Question | Answer |
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Huldreich Zwingli | A leader of the Swiss-German reformation in Zürich. |
Conrad Grebel | A leader of the Swiss Brethren at Zürich. |
Felix Manz | A leader of the Swiss Brethren at Zürich. |
Jakob Hutter | Leader of Anabaptist communes in Moravia who eventually became known as the Hutterites. |
Menno Simons | Former priest turned Anabaptist religious leader. Preached absolute pacifism. His name eventually came to stand for all who followed his preaching. |
John Calvin | A leader of the Swiss-French reformation in Geneva. Father of the Reformed or Calvinistic tradition. |
Heinrich Bullinger | Took over as chief minister in Zürich after Zwingli's death. Expanded Zwingli's theology of Covenant and unified Calvinists with Zwinglians. |
William Farel | Reformer in Geneva who convinced Calvin to stay there to help establish the reformation. |
Martin Bucer | Influential reformer in the Reformed tradition and to a small extent the Anglican. Sought to unite Swiss and German reformers. |
Bernard Samson | Franciscan indulgence seller. Zwingli's Swiss counterpart to Tetzel. |
Anna Reinhart | Zwingli's wife. |
George Blaurock | Married former priest and first Anabaptist dissenter baptized by Conrad Grebel. |
Wolfgang Uliman | |
Anna Adlischweiler | |
Lady Jane Grey | Protestant grandniece of Henry VIII. |
Elector Fredrick III | |
Pierre Robert Olivetan | |
Nicholas Cop | |
Louis du Tillet |