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How did Zwingli's Reformation ideas spread in Switzerland?

  • Through military conquest

  • Via the printing press

  • Through an alliance of Reformed cantons

  • By word of mouth

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Zwingli's Reformation ideas spread in Switzerland through an alliance of Reformed cantons. The Swiss Confederation was a loose association of independent states, and each canton had its own government and laws. In the 1520s, Zwingli began to preach a new understanding of the Bible, which emphasized the importance of faith and the priesthood of all believers.
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