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Work #856 · Mid

On True and False Religion

Huldrych Zwingli
1525 (De vera et falsa religione commentarius) · Latin
Systematic Reformation treatise · Sixteenth-century Swiss Reformation

Zwingli's 1525 systematic theology — the founding work of Reformed (Zwinglian) Protestantism

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Attribute On True and False Religion (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Theistic
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

On True and False Religion

The historical moment of the Reformation.

Space

On True and False Religion

Zurich and the Swiss Confederation.

Matter

On True and False Religion

The embodied Reformed worshipper.

Observer

On True and False Religion

Zwingli the Reformer.

Energy

On True and False Religion

Energies of Reformation preaching.

Information

On True and False Religion

The Scriptural standard of true religion.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

On True and False Religion

Zwingli's On True and False Religion: founding work of Reformed Protestantism; central reference for the Reformed-Lutheran division (especially over the Eucharist).