Ulrich Zwingli was a major reformer in which Swiss city?

Ulrich Zwingli was a major reformer in which Swiss city?

• A. Geneva
• B. Zurich
• C. Basel
• D. Bern

Answer: (B)

This question tests knowledge of where Ulrich Zwingli led the Reformation. He became the leading reformer in Zurich, serving as a pastor in the city’s Grossmünster and driving the reform movement there beginning in the early 1520s. In Zurich he pushed for changes based on Scripture—reducing or removing practices not supported by the Bible, reforming worship, and challenging the authority of the papacy—which made the city a first-line center of the Swiss Reformation. Geneva later became famous for Calvin and his teachings, Basel had its own reformer (Oecolampadius) early on, and Bern was not the primary hub for Zwingli’s work. So the city most closely associated with Zwingli’s major reforming efforts is Zurich.

This question tests knowledge of where Ulrich Zwingli led the Reformation. He became the leading reformer in Zurich, serving as a pastor in the city’s Grossmünster and driving the reform movement there beginning in the early 1520s. In Zurich he pushed for changes based on Scripture—reducing or removing practices not supported by the Bible, reforming worship, and challenging the authority of the papacy—which made the city a first-line center of the Swiss Reformation.

Geneva later became famous for Calvin and his teachings, Basel had its own reformer (Oecolampadius) early on, and Bern was not the primary hub for Zwingli’s work. So the city most closely associated with Zwingli’s major reforming efforts is Zurich.