Emidio Campi Books

Focusing on Heinrich Bullinger's pivotal role in the Reformation, this book highlights his contributions as Zwingli's successor and leader of the Zurich church for nearly fifty years. It presents a comprehensive introduction to his life and theology, featuring insights from top scholars in various fields such as theology, spirituality, and politics. Marking the five-hundred-year anniversary of Bullinger's birth, it aims to restore his significance and recognition as a key figure among the second generation of Reformers, often overshadowed in history.

The thirteen essays in this volume were all originally presented at international conferences or in public lectures. They address three main areas of inquiry, all of which, in one way or another, are of key importance in early modern historical discourse and theological thinking: (1) the theological diversity and debates within the Reformed tradition in the sixteenth century and beyond; (2) Peter Martyr Vermigli’s noteworthy contribution to Reformed ecclesiology and biblical exegesis; and (3) the later development and enrichment of Reformed thought on both sides of the Atlantic. They show that the Reformed tradition was neither monolithic, nor monochrome, nor immutable, but evolved in different, if interrelated, patterns and directions.