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Swiss Reformation A
Important Personalities
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Huldreich Zwingli | A leader of the Swiss-German reformation in Zürich. |
| Conrad Grebel | A leader of the Swiss Brethren at Zürich. |
| Felix Manz | A leader of the Swiss Brethren at Zürich. |
| Jakob Hutter | Leader of Anabaptist communes in Moravia who eventually became known as the Hutterites. |
| Menno Simons | Former priest turned Anabaptist religious leader. Preached absolute pacifism. His name eventually came to stand for all who followed his preaching. |
| John Calvin | A leader of the Swiss-French reformation in Geneva. Father of the Reformed or Calvinistic tradition. |
| Heinrich Bullinger | Took over as chief minister in Zürich after Zwingli's death. Expanded Zwingli's theology of Covenant and unified Calvinists with Zwinglians. |
| William Farel | Reformer in Geneva who convinced Calvin to stay there to help establish the reformation. |
| Martin Bucer | Influential reformer in the Reformed tradition and to a small extent the Anglican. Sought to unite Swiss and German reformers. |
| Bernard Samson | Franciscan indulgence seller. Zwingli's Swiss counterpart to Tetzel. |
| Anna Reinhart | Zwingli's wife. |
| George Blaurock | Married former priest and first Anabaptist dissenter baptized by Conrad Grebel. |
| Wolfgang Uliman | |
| Anna Adlischweiler | |
| Lady Jane Grey | Protestant grandniece of Henry VIII. |
| Elector Fredrick III | |
| Pierre Robert Olivetan | |
| Nicholas Cop | |
| Louis du Tillet |