Johannes Zwick

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Johannes Zwick (c. 1496, in Konstanz 23 October 1542, [1] in Bischofszell) was a German Reformer and hymnwriter. He briefly hosted the Anabaptist Johannes Bünderlin in 1529. [2] He died of the plague. [3]

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References

  1. The Correspondence of Wolfgang Capito: Volume 3 (1532-1536). University of Toronto Press. 2015. p. 315. ISBN   9781442637214 . Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History Page 110 Robert Benedetto, James O. Duke - 2008 Bünderlin next appeared in Constance in 1529, hosted by the reformer of the city, Johannes Zwick (1496–1542), who was soon persuaded that Bünderlin's writings were heretical and unorthodox.
  3. Capito, Wolfgang; Kooistra, Milton (2005). The Correspondence of Wolfgang Capito: 1524-1531. University of Toronto Press. p. 21. ISBN   9780802099556 . Retrieved 26 December 2017.