Oswald Myconius (1488-14 October 1552) was a follower of Huldrych Zwingli. // January 8 - The present Royal Netherlands Navy was formed By decree of Maximillian of Austria. ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ... Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli or Ulricus Zuinglius (January 1, 1484 – October 11, 1531) was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland, and founder of the Swiss Reformed Churches. ...

He was born at Lucerne, Switzerland. His family name was Geisshüsler, and his father was a miller; hence he was also called Molitoris (Latin molitor, "miller"). The name Myconius seems to have been given him by Erasmus; it is a translated Greek name from the original Swiss surname. From the school at Rottweil, on the Neckar, he went to the University of Basel to study classics. From 1514 he obtained teaching posts at Basel, where he married, and made the acquaintance of Erasmus and of Hans Holbein, the painter. In 1516 he was called, as schoolmaster, to Zürich, where (1518) he attached himself to the reforming party of Zwingli. This led to his being transferred to Lucerne, and again (1523) reinstated at Zürich. Another view across Lake Lucerne. ... Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. ... The Neckar is a 367 km long river in Germany, a major right tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. ... The University of Basel (German: Universität Basel) is located at Basel, Switzerland. ... 1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hans Holbein is the name of two German Renaissance painters: Hans Holbein the Elder (1460-1524) Hans Holbein the Younger (c. ... For other uses of Zurich, see Zurich (disambiguation). ...

Myconius didn't do a whole lot during his lifetime, so not much is known about him. However, he did make a comment on Martin Luther's 95 Theses as recorded down below: " Within two weeks these theses were circulating throughout all Germany, and in a month throughout Christendom, as if angels themselves were serving as messengers to bring them to the attention of all men."

On the death of Zwingli (1531) he moved to Basel, where he held the office of town's preacher, and (till 1541) the chair of New Testament exegesis. In confessional matters he was for a union of all Protestants; though a Zwinglian, his readiness to compromise with the advocates of consubstantiation gave him trouble with the hard-line Zwinglians. He had, however, a distinguished follower in Theodore Bibliander. Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: , French: , Italian: ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as of 2003). ... This article is about the Christian scriptures. ... Exegesis (from the Greek to lead out) involves an extensive and critical interpretation of an authoritative text, especially of a holy scripture, such as of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Quran, etc. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Theodore (or Theodorus) Bibliander (1506-1564), Swiss Orientalist, publisher, and linguist. ...

Among his several tractates, the most important is De H Zwinglii vita el obitu (1536), translated into English by Henry Bennet (1561). See Melchior Adam, Vita theologorum (1620); M Kirch-hofer, O. Myconius (1813); KR Hagenbach, J. Oekolampad und O. Myconius (1859); FM Ledderhose, in Allgemeine deutsche Biog. (1886); B Riggenbach and Egli, in Hauck's Realencyklopadie (1903). Melchior Adam (born in Grottkau, Silesia - 1622) was a German literature historian of the 17th century. ... Karl Rudolf Hagenbach (March 4, 1801 - June 7, 1874), German church historian, was born at Basel, where his father was a practising physician. ...

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