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Almost at the same time as Luther, in 1519, and also regarding the sale of indulgences, the cathedral preacher in Zurich, Zwinglius, acted as a reformer of the Church. In the small free state of Switzerland, the work of reform passed even faster than in Germany, and immediately took on wide dimensions: Zwinglius not only rejected everything in the Catholic Church that was rejected by Luther, but did not want to agree with him regarding the meaning that he gave to the two sacraments, and completely disagreed with him in the doctrine of the sacrament of the sacrament. According to the teachings of Zwinglius, the sacraments are only signs with which a person certifies the Church in his faith; in particular, the Eucharist is only a symbolic remembrance of the sufferings of Christ and a sign of the mutual communion of believers. Separated from the Lutherans in 1529, the society of Zwinglian followers in 1541 united with the followers of Calvin and together with them received the name reformers. Calvin was born in France and began his reform activities here, and then moved to Switzerland and preached mainly in Geneva. He went further than Luther in the doctrine of justification. If a person is justified by faith, and faith is a gift of God, then, according to the teachings of Calvin, the believer is already God’s chosen one, predestined to the kingdom of heaven. God, according to the teachings of Calvin, having foreseen the fall of man and decided on his redemption, from eternity predetermined which of the people would be saved and who would perish. Asking why God chose some and rejected others, according to Calvin, is useless, because the laws by which the Divine will operates are incomprehensible to us. The Reform society also differs from the Lutheran society in that it rejects images and, in general, decorations in churches. In this respect, Reformed worship is in extreme contrast to the worship of the Catholic Church, which is already too rich in rituals. The reformers' churches turned into prayer halls, and an ordinary table was set up for communion. You might be interested in: