Protestantism in Switzerland - James Aitken Wylie

Chapter 4
Establishment of
Protestantism at Bern
THE disputation at Baden had ended in the way
we have already described. The champions
engaged in it had returned to their homes. Eck, as
his manner was, went back singing his own praises
and loudly vaunting the great victory he had won.
Ecolampadius had returned to Basle, and Haller to
Bern, not at all displeased with the issue of the
affair, though they said little. While the Romanist
champions were filling Switzerland with their
boastings, the Protestants quietly prepared to gather
in the fruits.
The pastors, who from various parts of
Switzerland had been present at the disputation,
returned home, their courage greatly increased.
Moreover, on arriving in their several spheres of
labor they found a fresh interest awakened in the
cause. The disputation had quickened the
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