CONFESSION · 1530 AD · REFORMED (SWISS)

Zwingli's Fidei Ratio

WRITTEN

1530 AD

TRADITION

Reformed (Swiss)

SECTIONS

13

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CONTENTS

Preface

ARTICLE P

We whyche preache the Gospel in cyties, townes and villages, of christe felowship O Charles noble Emperour consecrated & holy appointed to equitie and ryghteousnes, haue longe desyrously loked-for when a rekenyng of oure fayth, whych both we haue & professe, shuld be required of vs. And whyle we stad thus in a redynes, it is sayd, rather of comon brute, then of any sure and certayne message or tydynges, that many alredy haue prepared and furnished the order, summe and fourme of their fayth and religion, which they maye spedely present vnto you. And here are we in great doute and perplexitie, for on the one part ye loue of truthe and great desyre of como quietnes pricketh vs forwarde to do the same our selues, that we se other do: And on the other syde, shortnesse of tyme afrayeth vs, Partlye, for that we muste do al thynges to hastely, & passe them ouer to lyghtly, because of your great haste, (for so the rumour goeth that you wyl make haste from thense.) And partly, because we whiche are preachers of goddes worde in cyties, townes and villages are placed farther abrode, than we can in so shorte a tyme assemble and take aduisemet, what were moste mete to writ vnto your hyghnesse. Wherfore seyng that we haue alredy sene the confession of the fayth of other, yea and also the confutacion of their aduersaries (which neuerthelesse semed to be prepared before any thinge (touching that) was demauded of them) I thought it was not vnmere yf I also priuatly without the hynderauce of my contreyfolke shulde forthwith declare a reason and rekenyng of my fayth. For although other matters require softe and easy haste, yet in this thyng quicke spede is to be made, lest (ye matter slouthfully passed ouer) we shulde fall in daunger other of suspicious silence, or els of presumptuouse negligence. Lo therfore (O moste myghty Emperoure) here I offer vnto youre maiestye the summe of my fayth on this condicion, that I maye also wytnesse therby my selfe to commit and suffer the iudgemet not only of these articles, but also of al other whych I haue hertofore at any tyme wrytten, or by the goodnes of God hereafter shal wryt, not to one only, neither yet to a fewe, but to the hole Churche of Christ so farre as it pronounceth by the rule and inspiracion of Goddes worde and spirite.

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