Heinrich Bullinger (1504-75)

Major work

•          Decades (50 long sermons on Christian doctrine)

Importance

•          Major role in Protestant Reformation

•          Successor to Zwingli in Zurich

•          Became a leader of the Swiss Reformation

•          With Calvin helped unite Protestants

•          Authored Second Helvetic Confession (1566) that united Calvinistic churches throughout Europe

•          Wrote on providence, justification, and the nature and centrality of the Scriptures

•          Said the church is composed of all the elect

•          Two marks of church—preaching of Word and the two sacraments, Baptism and Lord’s Supper

•          Apostolic succession found in preaching and teaching