On  the  other  hand,  however,  the  dogmatic  opinions  of  Zwingli  were  very
popular  in  Strasburg,  and  gradually  became  completely  predominant  ;
statues  and  altars  were  removed  ;  the  interior  walls  of  the  churches,
ornamented  with  paintings,  were  washed  over  with  stone  colour  ;  the
preachers  proclaimed  that  no  graven  image  must  be  tolerated  by  the  godly  ;

1  Ad  Carolum  Romanum  Imperatorem  fidei  Huldrychi  Zwinglii  ratio.  Quod
Christi  corpus  per  essentiam  et  realiter,  h.  e.  corpus  ipsum  naturale,  in  ccelo  aut
adsit  aut  ore  dentibusque  manduceter,  quemadmodum  Papistae  et  quidam  qui  ad
ollas  Egyptiacas  respectant  perhibent,  id  vero  neque  tantum  negamus,  sed  .  ..
Mitratum  genus  atque  pedatum  (says  he,  further  on),  credimus  vbBov.
2  Rorich,  i.  175,  455.  In  the  first  chapter  of  the  Tetrapolitana,  the  motive
assigned  for  this  change  is,  that  the  great  diet  of  1523  commanded  that  the
sermons  be  taken  out  of  the  Holy  Scripture,  and  the  authority  cited.
3  Statement  of  the  deputies  of  the  Council  of  Regency.  Jung,  Actenstiicke,
p.  66.
650  MARTIN  BUTZER  [Book  VI.
no  instrumental  music  was  permitted  ;  even  the  organs  were  all  silenced.1
Strasburg  had  likewise  the  same  political  interests  as  the  Swiss  cantons,
in  so  far  as  both  were  menaced  by  the  Austrian  power  in  Alsatia.  In
January  1530,  it  joined  the  union  of  the  Swiss  cities  ;  they  promised  each
other  mutual  aid,  and,  in  particular,  Strasburg  engaged  to  furnish  the
Swiss  with  gunpowder.
Such  being  the  religious  and  political  state  and  interests  of  Strasburg,
it  may  be  imagined  that  nowhere  was  the  desire  for  the  reconciliation  of
the  contending  parties  more  earnest.
And  already  had  a  man  appeared  who  devoted  his  whole  life  to  bring
about  this  reconciliation,  as  to  matters  of  doctrine.
