Huldrych Zwingli, 1484-1531. A Legacy of Radical Reform, edited by E.J. Furcha (Papers from the 1984 International Symposium), Montreal 1985

The 1984 International Zwingli Symposium held in Montreal generated ten papers, nine of which are included in this volume.As is usual with a collection assembled in this way -the papers are presented in the order and general format in which they were given -the topics are disparate and the tone of each varies greatly.James Stayer has contributed a closely reasoned and well-documented essay entitled "Zwingli and Radical Early Zwinglianism" in which he examines Johannes Faber's justification for the execution of Bathasar Hubmaier.Stayer attempts to clarify the position of Zwinglians, Anabaptists and the followers of Thomas Munzer through the vehicle of one accusatory and slanted work.He succeeds in exposing the possible connections between the Anabaptists and the peasants in the 1525 revolt and the biases of the modern Interpreters of each movement while also proving Faber's account to be a more credible historical witness than historians have heretofore thought.R. Gerald Hobbs' article, "Zwingli and the Old Testament" discusses the exegetical work of the Reformer in the context of the institution of the Prophezei and with reference to the larger issue of sixteenth Century attitudes toward Greek and Hebrew.This author concentrates his work primarily on Zwingli's 1529 Complanationis Isaiae prophetae foetura prima with impressive results.Zwingli is shown to be sensitive to the problems inherent in any translation from an ancient language and especially when the text at hand is the very word of God.Hobbs does indeed prove the Reformer to be "strikingly his own man" (p.168).Some of the papers in the collection are wider ranging than the close historical studies described above.G. W.Locher's article, "Luther and Zwingli: Reformation of Faith, Reformation of Society", discusses traditional viewpoints about the Reformation and then attempts to present the "main features of the Protestant faith within the context of today's vital issues" (p.14).While Locher's insights about the sixteenth Century are, as usual, perceptive, his comments and admonitions about the present day, particularly in the section headed, "Weaknesses -Problems of Protestant Piety" are, to my mind at least, questionable.E.J.Furcha's article, "Zwingli's Early Reforms: Between the Scylla of the Status-Quo and the Charybdis of Spiritual Radicalism", charts the course of Zwingli's thought from 1519-1524 with reference to the Reformer's major writings.Furcha does not claim to break any new ground with this article but rather to demonstrate that Zwingli believed that obedience to God's word occurs primarily if not exclusively in the context of the Christian Community.As is the case with Pipkin, who rehearses the intricacies of Zwingli's thought on the Lord's Supper,

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