Editing Helvetic Confessions (section)

=== Mariology ===
Mary is mentioned several times in the Second Helvetic Confession, which expounds Bullinger's [[mariology]]. Chapter 3 quotes the angel's message to the Virgin Mary, ''The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee'' ({{Bibleref|Luke|1:35|KJV}}), as an indication of the existence of the [[Holy Spirit]] and the [[Trinity]]. The Latin text described Mary as ''diva'', indicating her rank as a person, who dedicated herself to God. In Chapter 9, the Jesus Christ is said to be [[Virgin birth of Jesus|conceived by the Holy Spirit]] and born without the participation of any man. The Second Helvetic Confession accepted the 'Ever Virgin' notion from [[John Calvin]], which spread throughout much of Europe with the approbation of this document in the above-mentioned countries.<ref name="Chavannes 426">Chavannes 426</ref> Bullinger's 1539 polemical treatise against idolatry<ref>''De origine erroris libri duo'' (On the Origin of Error, Two Books) [https://books.google.com/books?id=EXLscQAACAAJ&q=%22De+origine+erroris+libri+duo%22]. "In the ''De origine erroris in divorum ac simulachrorum cultu'' he opposed the worship of the saints and iconolatry; in the ''De origine erroris in negocio Eucharistiae ac Missae'' he strove to show that the Catholic conceptions of the Eucharist and of celebrating the Mass were wrong. Bullinger published a combined edition of these works in [[Octavo|4 °]] (Zürich 1539), which was divided into two books, according to themes of the original work." ''The Library of the Finnish nobleman, royal secretary and trustee Henrik Matsson (''ca.'' 1540–1617)'', Terhi Kiiskinen Helsinki: Academia Scientarium Fennica (Finnish Academy of Science), 2003, {{ISBN|951-41-0944-9}} {{ISBN|9789514109447}}, p. 175 [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22he+opposed+the+worship+of+the+saints+and+iconolatry%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=WVr&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&tbs=#q=%22he+opposed+the+worship+of+the+saints+and+iconolatry%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=WVr&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=,bks:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wp&fp=e0e76270dccd6427]</ref> expressed his belief that Mary's 'sacrosanctum corpus' ('sacrosanct body') had been [[Assumption of Mary|assumed]] into heaven by angels:<blockquote>For this reason we believe that the Virgin Mary, Begetter of God, the most pure bed and temple of the Holy Spirit, that is, her most holy body, was carried to heaven by angels.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-08-11 |title=146 [146] – Caput XVI. – Seitenansicht – Astronomie-rara |url=http://astronomie-rara.ethbib.ethz.ch/zuz/content/pageview/937157 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811231411/http://astronomie-rara.ethbib.ethz.ch/zuz/content/pageview/937157 |archive-date=2011-08-11 |access-date=2023-04-26 |at=page 70 (thumbnail 146)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tavard |first=George Henry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3gtHzATNB4C&dq=%22sancti+templum,+hoc+est%22&pg=PA109 |title=The Thousand Faces of the Virgin Mary |date=1996 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=978-0-8146-5914-4 |pages=109 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>