Editing Heinrich Bullinger (section)

=== Kappel Abbey and the early Swiss Reformation (1523–1531) ===
{{See also|Kappel Abbey}}

==== Kappel Abbey (1523–1528) ====
In 1523, he accepted a post as a teacher at a Cistercian monastery, [[Kappel Abbey]], though only under the condition that he would not take [[monastic vows]] nor attend [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]]. At Kappel Abbey, Bullinger initiated a systematic program of Bible reading and exegesis.<ref name=":0" /> He also tried to reform its ''[[Trivium]]'' curriculum in a more humanist and Protestant direction. Bullinger discovered that the monks barely understood Latin, and so he preached to them in Swiss-German.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />{{Rp|18}} By 1525, the abbey had abolished mass, and the next year all the monks renounced their vows as they participated in their first Reformed Eucharist.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp||page=65}}

During this period, during the [[Reformation in Zürich]], Bullinger heard [[Huldrych Zwingli]] and [[Leo Jud]] preach; and in 1523, he met them.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":8" />{{Rp||pages=|page=23}} Bullinger became a friend and ally of Zwingli and was present at the Zürich disputation of 1525.<ref name=":8" />{{Rp||pages=|page=23}} Under the influence of Zwingli and the [[Waldensians]], Bullinger moved to a more symbolic understanding of the [[Eucharist]].<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|18}} In 1527, he spent five months in [[Zürich]] studying Greek and Hebrew while regularly attending the ''[[Prophezei]]'' that Zwingli had established there.<ref name=":8" />{{Rp||pages=|page=23}}<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|18}} Zürich authorities sent Bullinger with the city delegation to assist Zwingli at the [[Bern Disputation]], an occasion where he met [[Martin Bucer]], [[Ambrosius Blarer|Ambrosius Blaurer]], and [[Berthold Haller]]. In 1528, at the urging of the Zürich Synod, Bullinger left Kappel Abbey and was ordained as a parish minister in the new [[Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich|Reformed church of Zürich]].<ref name=":4" />{{Rp|18}}

Meanwhile, Bullinger wrote theological treatises on the Eucharist, covenants, images, and the relationship of the church to society, important topics he continued to develop in his later writings.<ref name=":8" />{{Rp||pages=|page=24}} He sent these treatises to neighboring cities, attempting to win them to the Reformed position; and these treatises were attacked by Roman Catholics defending papal infallibility and transubstantiation.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp||pages=69–70|page=}} Bullinger's humanism was also evident in his writings about the church fathers, his belief in the study of liberal arts as preparatory for the study of Scriptures, and even a play he wrote about the classical story of [[Lucretia]].<ref name=":8" />{{Rp||pages=|page=24}}

==== Marriage to Anna Adlischweiler (1529) ====
In the summer of 1527, Bullinger met Anna Adlischweiler, a former [[nun]], in Zurich.{{NoteTag|Lawson (2019) suggests that Bullinger met Anna in 1529, when he "traveled to the former Dominican convent at Oetenbach," but Müller (2004) explicitly states that he met Anna "in the summer of 1527," and suggests that he sent the proposal then, and not in 1529 as Lawson suggests.}} Contrary to contemporary practice, he sent her a direct proposal of marriage and was betrothed four weeks later.<ref name=":7" /> Anna's mother objected because she wanted her daughter to marry a wealthier man and because she wanted Anna to stay by her side until her death. When the engagement became publicly known, she tried to legally break it. Though she failed in this effort, Anna did stay with her mother until her death two years later. Anna then married Bullinger on 17 August 1529.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp||pages=75–76|page=}} The couple had five daughters and six sons, all of the latter except one becoming Protestant ministers. The couple also adopted other children.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Shane|first=E. D.|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/protestant-christianity-biographies/heinrich-bullinger|title=Bullinger, Heinrich|work=New Catholic Encyclopedia|publisher=Gale Research Inc.|year=2002|isbn=9780787640040}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Steven |title=Covenant Theologian: Heinrich Bullinger |url=https://www.ligonier.org/blog/covenant-theologian-heinrich-bullinger/ |access-date=2020-06-29 |website=Ligonier Ministries |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10" />{{Rp||pages=|page=77}}

==== Hausen and Bremgarten (1528–31) ====
In June 1528, Bullinger took up a part-time preaching position in [[Hausen am Albis|Hausen]].<ref name=":8" />{{Rp||pages=|page=25}} Shortly thereafter, in February 1529, Bullinger's father renounced Roman Catholicism. Though most of his congregation approved, city officials were wary because of the threat of Roman Catholic protests.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp||pages=|page=78}} Nevertheless, after a few months of debate, those sympathetic to the Reformation prevailed, and Bullinger was chosen to replace his father. Within a week of his first sermon, the images and church altar were removed from the church.<ref name=":8" />{{Rp||pages=|page=25}} Bullinger's father also officially married his mother on 31 December in a Reformed ceremony.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp||pages=|page=78}} In Bremgarten, Bullinger preached four times a week and held a well-attended Bible study every day at 3 in the afternoon.<ref name=":8" />{{Rp||pages=|page=25}}