Zwingli was one of the greatest minds of the Reformation, no doubt. There may be cause to disagree with him about matters of doctrine, but when it came to appreciation of the past, proper (sane) examination of the present, and hope for the future, we can do no better than Zwingli.
Or, better, it may be said that given Zwingli’s “blend of Platonism and Stoicism” that he was more along the lines of the earliest New Testament writers than we know.
So, as I explore more of Stoicism, and see it in Mark and Matthew (and Paul), maybe I can understand Zwingli better?
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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