Zwingli, his sons, and his brother in law all died together in battle fighting for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When his wife had heard this news, she in Job-like fashion, said, "the Lord gives, the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord."
The famed German doctor on the other hand, had a much different reaction to the news of the death of Zwingli. (Let it be noted that Luther and Zwingli had known each other as well as corresponded) :
Zwingli drew his sword. Therefore he has received the reward that Christ spoke of, "All who take the sword will perish by the sword [Matt 26.52]". If God has saved him, he has done so above and beyond the rule. -Table Talk, 1451
2 comments:
I agree ESist. I think that Zwingli died a noble death fighting for the gospel of Christ. Today wars are fought only over temporal matters. Zwingli fought for the sake of Christ's kingdom.
Luther, as in many other places, was quite out of line here.
That darn Luther! He drank and he believed in baptismal regeneration! Why would anyone pay to go see his movie?
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