Both Zürich’s government and Huldrych Zwingli were against the practice of mercenary soldiers, which is why Zwingli was chosen to be the minister of Grossmünster Church. This brilliant orator persuaded Zürich’s council and population to accept his ideas and published the first Reformation writings in 1522, inciting the ire of the bishop and the Pope. The Reformation spread from Zürich into the entire German-speaking area of Switzerland.