The Consensus Tigurinus: origins, assessment, and impact*. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Campi, Emidio
• Is Part Of: Reformation & Renaissance review. Volume 18:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 5
• Page End: 24
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: The Zurich Consensus -- Bullinger -- Calvin -- the Eucharist -- Reformed theology; Reformation -- Periodicals; Renaissance -- Periodicals; 270.605
• DOI: 10.1080/14622459.2016.1157336
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1462-2459

Abstract

Abstract : An expression adopted only in the early nineteenth century, the Consensus Tigurinus (or Zurich Agreement), referred to a joint statement on sacramental doctrine concluded in May 1549 between Heinrich Bullinger and Jean Calvin after much correspondence and personal conversation. The purpose of this essay is threefold: to review Bullinger's and Calvin's convictions concerning the nature of the Eucharist before and during the laborious negotiations; to examine the theological content of the agreement; and to trace the impact of the Consensus Tigurinus on inter-confessional relations in the late sixteenth century and beyond.