Day 3 - Monday 17th September, 2012

After breakfast we will have two lectures on Calvin and the Swiss Reformation with a coffee break half way through. After lunch we will leave for Constance. On the way we will visit Chateau de Chillon one of the most remarkable castles in the world dating from the 12th Century on Lake Geneva overlooking the Alps. This is Switzerland's most visited historical monument, never taken by siege and wonderfully preserved. Our arrival at St. Elisabeth, Hegne, near Constance will be around 18:00. Supper will be at 19:00.

The Chateau de Chillon

St. Elisabeth, Hegne, near Constance
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Ulrich Zwingli

Ulrich Zwingli 1484 – 1531.
At first a humanist of weight, Zwingli rose in esteem as a preacher to become priest at the Grossmunster in Zurich in 1519. Here he cemented his reputation as a preacher going through one Biblical book at a time starting with the Gospel of Matthew. His movement toward the reform movement was slow. In 1522 a dispute arose over fasting and Zwingli finally nailed his colours to the mast. With the support of the city authorities the jurisdiction of the catholic bishop was denied. Zwingli argued that the Christian community itself through the guidance of scripture was supreme. His doctrine of the Lord's Supper was firmly symbolic denying the bodily presence. It was this doctrine that led to the break with the Lutherans.

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