Over the next two decades, Cranmer worked hard to transform the English church by placing English translations of the Bible in every church, compiling the English prayer book and installing continental Protestant intellectuals like
Martin Bucer and Peter Martyr Vermigli in important teaching positions at Oxford and Cambridge.
In fact, Strasbourg's Reformation even had its own protagonist:
Martin Bucer, a former Dominican monk, who established himself as the chief Reformation officer in the city shortly after his arrival in 1523.
The theological elite of the times had gathered there: Luther, who had come from Wittenberg with Philip Melanchthon, Zwingli came from Zurich and
Martin Bucer from Strasbourg, Justus Jonas from Saxony, other theologians, secular confessors and military men.
The third volume covers correspondence from the years 1532 through 1536, which culminated in the Wittenberg Concord, a compromise negotiated by Capito and his colleague
Martin Bucer between the Lutheran and Reformed churches.
English Reformers, beginning with Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer, were aided by the Polish John a Lasco, the German
Martin Bucer, and the Italian Peter Martyr Vermigli.
The famous and well-documented life and death of Michael Sattler, friend and dialogue partner to
Martin Bucer from Strasbourg and former Benedictine prior and author of the first Anabaptist Confession of Faith of Schleitheim, (4) illustrates well the essence of the Anabaptist dissent.
The Reformer
Martin Bucer (1491-1551) wrote, "Children should be encouraged to enter the best profession, and the best profession is the one which brings most profit to neighbors.
In this respect, she calls attention to a defense of "honest playing" written by
Martin Bucer (103).
Yet, he was obviously well versed in Latin and ancient history, and knowledgeable enough about contemporary issues of theology to work with
Martin Bucer.
O mesmo ja nao pode dizer-se de
Martin Bucer e Sebastian Castelio, igualmente grandes biblistas do campo da Reforma.
Martin Bucer is regarded by both Lutherans and the Reformed as a doctor of the church.
This time it was by
Martin Bucer in Strasbourg; he came armed with the story of Jonah and urged Calvin not to flee from the task set before him by God.
