Zwingli’s Sixty-seven Articles

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Zwingli’s Sixty-seven Articles are a foundational 1523 Reformation manifesto in which Huldrych Zwingli outlined his theological positions and challenged key doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reformation document ⓘ
confessional text ⓘ
theological manifesto ⓘ
author Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
centralTheme critique of Roman Catholic doctrine ⓘ
reform of church practice ⓘ
supremacy of Scripture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
dateWritten 1523 ⓘ
emphasizes Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice ⓘ
authority of the Gospel over church tradition ⓘ
historicalContext disputations in Zurich ⓘ
early Swiss Reformation ⓘ
influenceOn church reforms in Zurich ⓘ
development of Reformed theology ⓘ
later Reformed confessions ⓘ
language German ⓘ
numberOfArticles 67 ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Roman Catholic sacramental theology ⓘ
papal supremacy ⓘ
opposedPractice monasticism as superior Christian state ⓘ
sale of indulgences ⓘ
veneration of images ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Zurich ⓘ
purpose to challenge Roman Catholic doctrine and practice ⓘ
to defend evangelical teaching in Zurich ⓘ
to guide reform of the Zurich church ⓘ
relatedEvent First Zurich Disputation ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation

Reformed tradition ⓘ
theologicalPosition Christ as head of the Church ⓘ
Christ as the only mediator ⓘ
Scripture as sole rule of faith ⓘ
affirmation of justification by faith ⓘ
church subject to the Word of God ⓘ
critique of fasting as meritorious work ⓘ
critique of images in worship ⓘ
critique of pilgrimages ⓘ
emphasis on preaching of the Gospel ⓘ
rejection of indulgences ⓘ
rejection of mandatory clerical celibacy ⓘ
rejection of monastic vows as meritorious ⓘ
rejection of papal authority ⓘ
rejection of purgatory ⓘ
rejection of the Mass as a sacrifice ⓘ
rejection of the invocation of saints ⓘ
rejection of transubstantiation ⓘ
yearOfFirstPublicDisputation 1523 ⓘ

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Sixty-seven Articles → alternativeName → Zwingli’s Sixty-seven Articles ⓘ
First Zurich Disputation → relatedWork → Sixty-seven Articles of Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
linked to: Zwingli’s Sixty-seven Articles