Old Swiss Confederacy
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Heinrich Bullinger
Bremgarten, Old Swiss Confederacy
Archival Overview
Successor to Zwingli as Antistes of Zurich for forty-four years whose 'Second Helvetic Confession' unified the Reformed churches across Europe and whose 12,000 letters guided kings.
Biographical Record
Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575 CE) assumed leadership of the shattered Zurich Reformed Church following Zwingli's death on the battlefield of Kappel in 1531.
His Decades served as the primary theology manual in Elizabethan England, and his Second Helvetic Confession (1566) became the most widely adopted confession of the global Reformed tradition.
Key Life Milestones
The Consensus Tigurinus with John Calvin
Brokered the historic agreement with Calvin on the sacraments, uniting the Swiss and Genevan Reformed churches.
Promulgation of the Second Helvetic Confession
Authored the definitive confession accepted by Reformed churches in Switzerland, Scotland, Hungary, and Poland.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialZurich, Switzerland