Martin Bucer
Impact on Society
How the Reformation reshaped marriage, family, poor relief, the diaconate, work, and communal discipline in Western society.
Martin Bucer
A short biography of Martin Bucer (1491–1551), reformer of Strasbourg, peacemaker among the Protestants, mentor of John Calvin, and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge.
The Colloquy of Regensburg
The Colloquy of Regensburg (1541): Charles V’s attempt to reunite Protestants and Catholics, the agreed article on justification, the break over the church and the Mass, and Calvin’s warning against a “half-Christ.”
The Geneva Catechism
Calvin's Geneva Catechism of 1541: why his first catechism failed, the decisive reordering of faith before law, the four parts, the famous first question, and its influence on the Heidelberg and Westminster catechisms.
The Tetrapolitan Confession (1530)
An introduction to the Tetrapolitan Confession of 1530 and its complete English text, including the exordium, twenty-three chapters, and conclusion.
Wolfgang Capito
A short biography of Wolfgang Capito (1478–1541), Hebraist, preacher at Basel and Mainz, and Bucer’s colleague in the Reformation of Strasbourg.
Wolfgang Musculus
A short biography of Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563), Benedictine monk turned reformer, pastor at Augsburg, and professor of theology at Bern.
