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What doctrine could Zwingli and Luther not agree on at the Marburg Colloquy?

  • Justification by faith alone

  • The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist

  • The authority of the Pope

  • The importance of the Bible

Answer

At the Marburg Colloquy, a debate between the Protestant Reformers Huldrych Zwingli and Martin Luther, the two could not agree on the doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Zwingli believed that the Eucharist was a symbolic memorial of Christ's sacrifice, while Luther believed that Christ was truly present in the bread and wine.
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