Quotes by Huldrych Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) — Reformator · Reformiert · Schweiz

Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) war ein Schweizer Priester und Theologe, der ab 1519 von Zürich aus die deutschschweizerische Reformation begründete. Er prägte die reformierte Tradition durch ein striktes Schriftprinzip, die Erarbeitung der Zürcher Bibel sowie die theologische Deutung des Abendmahls als reines Gedächtnismahl. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als einflussreicher Bibelübersetzer und Sozialethiker, dessen Wirken jedoch durch die Befürwortung der Täuferverfolgung und sein gewaltsames Ende im Kriegseinsatz überschattet ist.

Era: Reformation & Baroque

Recurring topics: Discipleship, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Prayer & Silence, Courage & Strength, Freedom & Truth, Grace & Redemption, Growth & Character, Humility & Pride

Quotes by Huldrych Zwingli

Worry drives me into prayer, and prayer in turn drives me out of worry.
Huldrych Zwingli

You are God's instrument; he demands your service, not your rest. Do something courageous for God's sake.
Huldrych Zwingli

As for the truth, we cannot abandon it, even if that means the loss of our lives, for we do not live for this generation, nor to serve princes, but for the Lord.
Huldrych Zwingli

If we grow wiser and more learned in our intercourse with wise and learned persons, how much more will we gain in our inner life by communing with God in prayer.
Huldrych Zwingli

What God is, we know as little as a beetle knows what a human is.
Huldrych Zwingli

I beseech Christ for this one thing only, that He will enable me to endure all things courageously, and that He break me as a potter's vessel or make me strong, as it pleases Him.
Huldrych Zwingli

They can kill the body, but not the soul.
Huldrych Zwingli

Our confidence in Christ does not make us lazy, negligent, or careless, but on the contrary it awakens us, urges us on, and makes us active in living righteous lives and doing good. There is no self-confidence to compare with this.
Huldrych Zwingli

To be a Christian does not mean to speak of Christ, but to walk as he walked.
Huldrych Zwingli

The more one honors and loves the truth, the nearer and more like God one becomes.
Huldrych Zwingli

Everything that is true is God's word, whoever may have said it.
Huldrych Zwingli

Christ is the head of all believers and they are his body — without him the body would be dead.
Huldrych Zwingli

Christ, having sacrificed himself once, is to eternity a certain and valid sacrifice for the sins of all faithful.
Huldrych Zwingli

Christ works out of those in whom he dwells.
Huldrych Zwingli

This is what it means to be a Christian: to be generously ready for every deed, to give oneself to the people in helping and advising, to preserve steadfastness and courage everywhere, and to seek to please a Higher One rather than men.
Huldrych Zwingli

The summary of the gospel is that our Lord Jesus Christ, the true Son of God, has revealed the will of His heavenly Father to us, and with His innocence has redeemed us from death, and has reconciled us with God. Therefore, Christ is the only way to salvation for all those who have been, are, and will be.
Huldrych Zwingli

The Christian life, then, is a battle, so sharp and full of danger that effort can nowhere be relaxed without loss.
Huldrych Zwingli

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Sources: swissinfo.ch, nationalmuseum.ch, museeprotestant.org, ebsco.com

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