CALVIN PROUD TO BE CALLED A ‘ZWINGLIAN’

In his opposition to the teaching of Osiander, Calvin was proud to be called a ‘Zwinglian.”
“But Osiander, by spurning this spiritual bond, forces a gross mingling of Christ with believers. And for this reason, he maliciously called ‘Zwinglian’ all those who do not subscribe to his mad error of ‘essential righteousness’ because they do not hold the view that Christ is eaten in substance in the Lord’s Supper. I consider it the highest glory to be thus insulted by a proud man …” (Institutes III.11.10)