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November 1491 A.D. Martin
Bucer Born
Martin Bucer (1491 to 1551)
Protestant
He patched up reformers' quarrels.
Martin Bucer, early Protestant reformer, was born
at Schlettstradt, Germany. Although not well-known today, the spotlight of the
Reformation being on Martin Luther and John Calvin, nevertheless, Bucer had a
tremendous impact on believers of that era. His greatest work was his
dedication to the unification of all true believers, overcoming the small
differences which Satan has always used to separate the Church. Educated in
Catholic schools, he became a professor of theology in the Dominican order. However,
hearing Martin Luther explain the Scriptures to the Augustinian order, he was
one of the few who was converted to the faith propounded by Luther concerning
"salvation by faith alone." He
withdrew from his order, and, became one of the first of the former Romanist
priests to marry, taking an ex-nun, Elizabeth Silvereisen. He spent his last
three years in England, where he had an influence in the revision of the 1549
Book of Common Prayer.
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