Martin Bucer

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Martin Bucer was a leading 16th-century Protestant Reformer from Strasbourg known for his efforts to mediate between different branches of the Reformation and influence figures like John Calvin.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant reformer
clergyman
historical figure
human
theologian
birthName Martin Butzer
burialPlace St Mary the Great, Cambridge
citizenship Holy Roman Empire
convertedFrom Roman Catholicism
convertedTo Protestantism
dateOfBirth 1491-11-11
dateOfDeath 1551-02-28
employer City of Strasbourg
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
influenced English Reformation
John Calvin
Reformed theology
Thomas Cranmer
influencedBy Erasmus of Rotterdam
Huldrych Zwingli
Martin Luther
knownFor ecclesiastical and liturgical reforms
efforts to mediate between Lutheran and Reformed branches of the Reformation
influence on John Calvin
leading reformer in Strasbourg
language German
Latin
memberOf Dominican Order
movement Protestant Reformation
name Martin Bucer
notableWork Commentary on the Psalms
De regno Christi
Reformation of the Church in Strasbourg
occupation Protestant reformer
pastor
theologian
university professor
participatedIn Diet of Augsburg (1530)
Marburg Colloquy
Wittenberg Concord negotiations
placeOfBirth Alsace
Holy Roman Empire
Schlettstadt
Sélestat
placeOfDeath Cambridge
Kingdom of England
positionHeld chief reformer of Strasbourg
pastor in Strasbourg
professor of theology at the University of Cambridge
posthumousEvent body exhumed and burned in 1557 under Queen Mary I
rehabilitated and memorialized under Elizabeth I in 1560s
religion Lutheranism
Protestantism
Reformed Christianity
theologicalFocus church discipline
ecclesiology
sacramental theology


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