THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL
BIOGRAPHY AND GLOSSARY

Zeller, Eduard:

(1814-1908) German theologian and philosopher; leader of Tübingen School; used critical methods of F. C. Baur and David Strauss to question the historicity of Acts; rejected orthodox view of God and deity of Christ; pantheist

Zeno of Citium:

(c 350-258 BC)

Zeno of Elea:

(c 490-430 BC) Follower of Parmenides. He tried to prove the absurdity of believing that reality is made up of many changing things. If a thing moves, it must move either where it is or where it is not. But it cannot move where it is, because there it is at rest. Nor can it move where it is not, because it does not even exist there. So, he concluded, motion is absurd.

ZENO'S PARADOXES:

The four rational proofs of the impossibility of plurality or of motion advanced by Zeno of Elea and subsequently resolved by mathematical theory. See Paradox

Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig Graf Von:

(1700-1760) German count; founded Moravian church; Lutheran theology, but emphasized personal experiential knowledge of God; Pietistic; allowed Moravians to stay on his estate; wrote hymn "Jesus, Still Lead On"

ZOROASTRIANISM:

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Zwemer, Samuel M.:

(1867-1952) US Presbyterian and Reformed church; missionary to the Moslem

Zwingli, Ulrich:

(1484-1531) Swiss leader of Reformation; influenced by Erasmus; opposed sale of mercenaries by Swiss; Bible, not church, is source of doctrine; differed with Luther over Lord's Supper; some of his followers broke away to form Anabaptists whom he persecuted; wrote 1. Concerning Freedom and Choice of Food and 2. Sixty-seven Conclusions; politically minded; he was killed in battle of Kappel against Catholics

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