ABSTRACT
Oswald Myconius wrote Zwingli's Life shortly after Zwingli's death at Kappel in 1531. His Life of Zwingli, to whom he was genuinely devoted, takes the form of a letter addressed to a friend whose identity is concealed behind the appellation Agathius Beronensis. Zwingli's attitude to Luther's reformation, Myconius makes a point of saying that Zwingli himself refrained from reading Luther's writings when they began to come out. The Life by Wolfgang Capito was prefaced by Simon Grynaeus, who gave a detailed account of Oecolampadius' death. The Life of Oecolampadius is much more of a model life of a pious scholar of sacred Letters, as behoves a biographical notice included in a preface to a biblical commentary. In Capito's view, all ambiguity ceased once Oecolampadius was out of the monastery and in Basel, where he preached on Isaiah by order of the council, despite criticisms from the sophists.
