Definition of Zwinglean
Zwing"li*an (?), a. (Theol.)
Of or pertaining to Ulric Zwingli (1481-1531), the
reformer of German Switzerland, who maintained that in the Lord's
Supper the true body of Christ is present by the contemplation of
faith but not in essence or reality, and that the sacrament is a
memorial without mystical elements. -- n.
A follower of Zwingli.
Zwing"li*an (?), a. (Theol.)
Of or pertaining to Ulric Zwingli (1481-1531), the
reformer of German Switzerland, who maintained that in the Lord's
Supper the true body of Christ is present by the contemplation of
faith but not in essence or reality, and that the sacrament is a
memorial without mystical elements. -- n.
A follower of Zwingli.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Relating or referring to Zwingli, his beliefs, or his followers and adherents
- follower of Huldreich Zwingli (1484-1531), Swiss Protestant reformer, who disagreed with Luther in rejecting the doctrine of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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