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History of the Christian Church • VOLUME 8

§ 4. LITERATURE ON THE SWISS REFORMATION. 15

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§ 4. LITERATURE ON THE SWISS REFORMATION. 15

Chastel (Etienne, professor of Church history in the University of Geneva, d. 1885) : Histoire du Clirlstianisme, Tom. IV.: Age Moderne (p. 66 sqq.). Paris, 1882.

Bernek Beitrage zur Gesckichte der Schweizerischen Reformationskirchen. Von BiLLETER, Flijckiger, Hubler, Kasser, Marthaler, Strasser. Mit weiteren Beitragen vermehrt und herausgegeben von Fr. Nippold. Bern, 1884. (Pages 454.)

On the Confessions of the Swiss Reformation see Schafp : Creeds of Christendom, New York, 4th ed. 1884, vol. I. 354 sqq.

Biographies of Z%yiNGLi, O^colampadius, Leo Jud^, Bullinger, Haller, etc., will be noticed in the appropriate sections.

III. General Histories of Savitzerland, as far as they touch upon the Reformation.

Muller (Joh. von, the classical historian of Switzerland, d. 1809) : Gesckichte der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft, fortgesetzt von Glutz-Blotzheim (d. 1818) und Joh. Jac. Hottinger. Vols. V. and VII. of the whole work. A masterpiece of genius and learning, but superseded in its earlier part, where he follows Tschudi, and accepts the legendary tales of Tell and Griitli. The Reformation history is by Hottinger (b. 1783, d. 1860), and was published also under the title Gesch. der Eidgenossen icdhrend der Zeit der Kirchentrennung. Zurich, 1825 and '29, 2 vols. It was continued by VcLLiEMiN in his Histoire de la confe'd€ration Suisse dans les XVI" et XVIP siecles. Paris and Lausanne, 1841 and '42. 3 vols. The first of these three volumes relates to the Reformation in French Switzerland, which was omitted in the German work of Hottinger, but was afterwards translated into German by others, and incorporated into the German edition (Ziirich, 1786-1853, 15 vols. ; the Reformation period in vols. VI.-X.). There is also a complete French edition of the entire History of Switzerland by Joh. von MiIller, Glutz-Blotzheim, Hottinger, VuLLiEMiN, and Monnard (Paris et Geneve, 1837-'51, 18 vols. Three vols, from VuUiemin, five from Monnard, and the rest translated).

Other general Histories of Switzerland by Zschokke (1822, 8th ed. 1849; Engl, transl. by Shaw, 1848, new ed. 1875), Meyer von Knonau (2 vols.), VoGELiN (6 vols.), MoRiN, ZELLWEGER, VuLHEMiN (German ed. 1882), Dandliker (Ziirich, 1883 sqq., 3 vols., illustr.), Mrs. Hug and Rich. Stead (London, 1890), and Dierauer (Gotha, 1887 sqq.; second vol., 1892).

Bluntschli (J. C, a native of Ziirich, professor of jurisprudence and international law at Heidelberg, d. 1881) : Geschichte des Schweizerischen Bundesrechts von den ersten ewigen Biinden bis aiif die Gegenwart. Stuttgart, 2d ed. 1875. 2 vols. Important for the relation of Church and State in the period of the Reformation (vol. I. 292 sqq.). L. R. von Salis : Schweizerisches Bundesrechtseit dem 29. Mai 1874. Bern, 1892. 8 vols, (also in French and Italian). Comp. the bibliographical notices of RuD. Stahelin on the literature of the Swiss Reformation from 1875- 1882, in Brieger's " Zeitschrift f iir Kircheugeschichte," vol. III. 547-585, and vol. VI. 429-477.

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H. ZwiNGLi. From the original oil-painting of Hans Asper, in the City- Library of Zurich. Reproduced from a photograph of J. Ganz.

CHAPTER II. ZWINGLI'S TRAINING.

§ 5. The Ztvingli Literature.

The general literature in § 4, especially BuUinger's History and Egli's Collection. The public libraries and archives in Zlirich contain the various editions of Zwingli's wrorks, and the remains of his own library with marginal notes, which were exhibited in connection with the Zwingli celebration in 1884. See Zwingli- Ausstellung verunstaltet von der Stadtbibliothek in Zurich in Verbindung mit dem Staatsarchiv und der Cantonalbibliothek. Ziirich, 1884. A pamphlet of 24 pages, with a descriptive catalogue of Zwingli's books and remains. The annotations furnish fragmentary material for a knowledge of his theological growth. See Usteri's Initia Zwingli, quoted below.

I. Sources :

HuLDREiCH Zwingli : Opera omnia, ed. Melchior Schuler (d. 1859) and JoH. ScHULTHESS (d. 1836). Tiguri, 1828-'42. 8 vols. Vols. I. and II., the German writings ; III.- VI., Scripta Latina ; VII. and VIII., Epistolae. A supplement of 75 pages was ed. by G. Schulthess (d. 1866) and Marthaler in 1861, and contains letters of Zwingli to Rhenanus and others. A new critical edition is much needed and contemplated for the " Corpus Reformatorum " by a commission of Swiss scholars. Zwingli's Correspond, in Herminjard, vols. I. and II.

The first edition of Zwingli's Works appeared at Ziirich, 1545, in 4 vols. UsTERi and Vogelin: 3/. H. Zwingli's Schriften im Auszicge, Ziirich, 1819 and '20, 2 vols. (A systematic exhibition of Zwingli's teaching in modern German.) Another translation of select works into modern German by R. Christoffel, Ziir., 1843, 9 small vols.

Comp. also Paul Schweizer (Staatsarchivar in Zurich, son of Dr. Alexander Schweizer) : Zwingli-Autographen im Staats-Archiv zu Ziirich. 1885. (23 pages ; separately publ. from the " Theol. Zeitschrift aus der Schweiz.")

JoANNis GEcoLAMPADii et HuLDRiCHi ZwiNGLii Epistolarum libri IV. Basil. 1536.

Herminjard (A. L.) : Correspondance des Reyormateurs. Geneve, 1866 sqq. Letters of Zwingli in vol. I. Nos. 82 and 146 (and eight letters to him, Nos. 17, 19, 32, etc.), and in vol. II. No. 191 (and nine letters to him).

Briefwecksel des Beatus Rhenanus. Gesammelt u. herausgeg. von Dr. Adelbert HORAWiTZ nnd Dr. Karl Hartfelder. Leipzig, 1886. Contains also the correspondence between Rhenanus and Zwingli. See Index, p. 700.

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