The First Helvetic Confession A.D. 1536 - Heinrich Bullinger

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The First Helvetic Confession A.D. 1536 - Heinrich Bullinger

Heinrich Bullinger is one of the most influential Reformers in Christian history. He was born in 1504, outside the city of Zurich, Switzerland, to parents who were living in a common-law marriage. His father, also named Heinrich, was the local parish priest who had been given permission for his illicit relationship by paying off the local bishop. Young Heinrich was the fifth child born to this couple, and his father began grooming him for the priesthood from an early age.

Bullinger was sent to monastic school where he studied the works of the great church fathers such as Aquinas, Augustine, and Bernard. Their writings stirred within Heinrich the desire for a personal experience with God. Upon graduation, he proceeded to the University of Cologne in Germany, where he began to realize the importance of studying the Scriptures for himself. This practice was rare among his Roman Catholic classmates, as tradition dominated the atmosphere and the Pope’s interpretations of Scripture were considered divine.

Zealots were burning the works of Martin Luther in Cologne, and this fanaticism piqued Heinrich’s interest. What was contained within those books that made the church feel the need to burn them? Upon obtaining copies of Luther’s work and of others who supported reform, Heinrich began to understand the doctrine of justification by faith in Christ alone. At age seventeen