Swiss Reformation

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Protestant Reformation movement historical event religious reform movement

The Swiss Reformation was a 16th-century Protestant movement centered in the Swiss Confederacy that challenged Catholic doctrine and church authority, leading to major religious, political, and social changes in the region.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Genevan Reformation 3
Zurich Reformation 2
Basel Reformation of 1529 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant Reformation movement ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious reform movement ⓘ
challenged Catholic sacramental system ⓘ
papal authority ⓘ
use of religious images ⓘ
veneration of saints ⓘ
hasDoctrinalEmphasis authority of Scripture ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
rejection of images in worship ⓘ
rejection of transubstantiation ⓘ
simplified liturgy ⓘ
sovereignty of God ⓘ
spiritual presence in the Eucharist ⓘ
hasEndTime 16th century ⓘ
hasKeyCity Appenzell ⓘ
Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bern ⓘ
Geneva ⓘ
Glarus ⓘ
canton of Graubünden ⓘ
surface form: Graubünden

Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neuchâtel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Schaffhausen ⓘ
St. Gallen ⓘ
Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyDocument First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Zurich Bible ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Swiss Reformation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basel Reformation of 1529

Bern Disputation of 1528 ⓘ
First War of Kappel ⓘ
Geneva’s adoption of the Reformation ⓘ
Marburg Colloquy ⓘ
Second War of Kappel ⓘ
Zwingli’s reforms in Zurich ⓘ
hasKeyFigure William Farel ⓘ
surface form: Guillaume Farel

Heinrich Bullinger ⓘ
Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
Johannes Oecolampadius ⓘ
John Calvin ⓘ
Pierre Viret ⓘ
surface form: Peter Viret

Theodore Beza ⓘ
hasMainRegion Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Switzerland ⓘ
hasPoliticalImpact creation of state churches in reformed cantons ⓘ
strengthening of city councils over church affairs ⓘ
hasSocialImpact changes in education ⓘ
reform of poor relief ⓘ
regulation of moral behavior ⓘ
hasStartTime 1519 ⓘ
hasTheologicalCurrent Calvinism ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
Zwinglianism ⓘ
influenced Calvinism ⓘ
Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
Huguenots ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ
French Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Reformation in France

Scottish Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Reformation in Scotland

Dutch Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Reformation in the Netherlands

Reformed tradition ⓘ
influencedBy Reformation ⓘ
surface form: German Reformation

Martin Luther ⓘ
languageOfPreaching French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
opposed Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
partOf Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
resultedIn confessional division within the Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
establishment of Reformed churches ⓘ
political realignment of Swiss cantons ⓘ
religious wars in Switzerland ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Genevan Reformation
this entity surface form: Zurich Reformation
Heinrich Bullinger → associatedWith → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zurich Reformation
Post Tenebras Lux → associatedWith → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genevan Reformation
Swiss Reformation → hasKeyEvent → Swiss Reformation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basel Reformation of 1529
Huldrych Zwingli → influenced → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
Hungarian Reformed churches → influencedBy → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
Scottish Reformation → influencedBy → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genevan Reformation
Sixty-seven Articles → movement → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
de Bèze → movement → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
subject surface form: Théodore de Bèze
this entity surface form: Reformation
Memorialism → originatedIn → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
Second War of Kappel → partOf → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
Old Swiss Confederacy → significantEvent → Swiss Reformation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reformation in Switzerland