
HoP 383 - Slowly But Surely - Huldrych Zwingli
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Swingli's Interpretation of the Bible
If you want to understand god's message, just pray to him for guidance and then read the text with open eyes. swingli admits that many passages need to be read figuratively. For instance, when god is described in the bible as if he had a body, we should appeal to scripture itself for guidance,. not to any human authority. One such disagreement was bred within the ranks of swingli's own followers. The trouble makers who rejected tithes and pushed more radical iconoclasm came to think christians should be baptized only once they were old enough to embrace faith in god.
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