In Switzerland from 1516 to 1525 - James Aitken Wylie

in the Passover, the bread can be nothing more in
the Supper; but if the bread in the Supper was
Christ, the lamb in the Passover was Jehovah. So
did Zwingli argue in his sermon, to the conviction
of many of his hearers.
In giving an account of the occurrence
afterwards, Zwingli playfully remarked that he
could not tell whether the figure was white or
black. His opponents, however, had no difficulty in
determining that the figure was black, and that
Zwingli received his doctrine from the devil.
On the Thursday of Easter-week the Sacrament
of the Supper was for the first time dispensed in
Zurich according to the Protestant form. The altar
was replaced by a table covered with a white cloth,
on which were set wooden plates with unleavened
bread, and wooden goblets filled with wine. The
pyxes were disused, for, said they, Christ
commanded "the elements" not to be enclosed but
distributed. The altars, mostly of marble, were
converted into pulpits, from which the Gospel was
preached. The service began with a sermon; after
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