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Zwingle's Early Views Ulrich Zwingle,
the great Swiss reformer and compere of

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Luther, differed entirely from both the
teaching of Rome and the Saxon reformers

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as to the real presence of Christ in the
Holy Supper.

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The Swiss had long held opinions contrary
alike to the Roman and the Saxon.

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At an early period of Zwingle's Christian
course, his attention had been attracted

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by the simplicity of Scripture on the
subject of the Lord's Supper.

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In the Word of God he read that Christ had
left this world and gone to his Father in

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heaven, and that this was to be a matter
of special faith and hope to his

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disciples.

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This we find clearly taught in the Acts of
the Apostles, and while they looked

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steadfastly toward heaven as he went up,
behold, two men stood by them in white

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apparel, which also said, Ye men of
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into

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heaven this same Jesus, which is taken up
from you into heaven, shall so come in

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like manner as ye have seen him to into
heaven.

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Thus we see that the blessed Lord ascended
personally, bodily, visibly, and that he

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shall return in like manner, but not until
the close of the present dispensation,

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or church period, whom the heaven must
receive until the times of restitution of

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all things.

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Acts 1, 10, 11, 3, 21.

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The words of our blessed Lord,
This is my body, dash, this is my blood,

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Zwingle maintained to be figurative in
their character, and to imply nothing more

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than that the sacramental bread and wine
were simply symbols or emblems of Christ's

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body, and that the ordinance or
institution is commemorative of his death

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for us.

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This do in remembrance of me.

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For as often as ye eat this bread and
drink this cup, ye do show forth the

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Lord's death till he come.

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1st Corinthians 11, 22 to 28.

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For several years, Zwingle had privately
entertained these views of the Lord's

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Supper, but knowing the hold that the old
church doctrine had on the minds of the

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ignorant and superstitious people,
he did not openly avow them.

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But believing that the time would soon
come for the public promulgation of the

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truth, and foreseeing the opposition he
would have to encounter, he diligently,

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though in a private way, sought to spread
the truth and strengthen his position.

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Letters on the subject were sent to many
learned men in Europe, so as to examine

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the word of God, even if they did not
agree with the views of the Swiss

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reformers.

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But while Zwingle was thus quietly waiting
for the right moment to speak aloud,

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another, with more zeal than wisdom,
imprudently wrote a pamphlet against

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Luther's doctrine of the Lord's Supper,
and raised the storm of controversy,

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which raged with great violence for four
years.