10 differences between Luther and Zwingli SERIES: 1
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many:
yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.Daniel 11:33
1.- Worship
"With regards to worship, Luther embraced the normative principle whereas Zwingli believed in the regulative principle. What does that mean?
The normative principle excluded from the congregation those things which were expressly forbidden by Holy Scripture;
but the regulative principle only accepted that which was explicitly commanded by the Word.
For example: what about organs?
A Lutheran cathedral, based upon the normative principle, had no problem with them; but Reformed temples would have nothing to do with them.Practically speaking, therefore, by their very DNA Lutheran buildings have a much more Roman and traditional feel about them. In this sense, Zwingli was more iconoclastic and radical than his German counterpart."
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