Zwing·li·an (zw ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() adj.
Of or relating to Ulrich Zwingli or to his theological system,
especially his doctrine that the physical body of Jesus is not present
in the Eucharist and that the ceremony is merely a symbolic
commemoration of Jesus's death. n. A follower of Zwingli. Zwinglianism the
doctrine that in the Lord’s supper there is an influence of Christ upon
the soul but that the true body of Christ is present only through faith
and not reality. — Zwinglianist, n. — Zwinglian, adj. |