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In Switzerland from 1516 to 1525 - James Aitken Wylie

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Zwingli prepared for the conference which he<br />

had been the main instrument of convoking, by<br />

composing an abridgment of doctrine, consisting of<br />

sixty-seven articles, which he got printed, and<br />

offered <strong>to</strong> defend <strong>from</strong> the Word of God. The first<br />

article struck at that dogma of Romanism which<br />

declares that "Holy Scripture has no authority<br />

unless it be sanctioned by the Church." The others<br />

were not less important, namely, that Jesus Christ<br />

is our only Teacher and Media<strong>to</strong>r; that He alone is<br />

the Head of believers; that all who are united <strong>to</strong><br />

Him are members of His body, children of God,<br />

and Members of the Church; that it is by power<br />

<strong>from</strong> their Head alone that Christians can do any<br />

good act; that <strong>from</strong> Him, not <strong>from</strong> the Church or<br />

the clergy, comes the efficacy that sanctifies; that<br />

Jesus Christ is the one sovereign and eternal Priest;<br />

that the mass is not a sacrifice; that every kind of<br />

food may be made use of on all days; that<br />

monkery, with all that appertains <strong>to</strong> it–frocks,<br />

<strong>to</strong>nsures, and badges–is <strong>to</strong> be rejected; that Holy<br />

Scripture permits all men, without exception, <strong>to</strong><br />

marry; that ecclesiastics, as well as others, are<br />

bound <strong>to</strong> obey the magistrate; that magistrates have<br />

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