Martin Butzer (Bucer) was a German Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg.
He was originally a member of the Dominican Order but after meeting and being influenced by Martin Luther in 1518 he had his monastic vows annulled and began to work for the Reformation with the support of Franz von Sickingen.
He acted as mediator between Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli who differed on the doctrine of the Eucharist.
He believed that the Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire could join the Reformation. He tried to unite Protestants and Catholics to create a German national church separate from Rome.He hoped for ecumenism between the two of them but it resulted in his excommunication from his Catholic church in Wissembourg. and him having to flee to Strasbourg.
Under duress in 1548 he signed the Augsburg Interim -which imposed certain forms of Catholic worship while he continued to promote reforms in Strasbourg. .This resulted in him having to leave.
In 1549 he was exiled in England under the guidance of Thomas Cranmer… He died in Cambridge in 1551 aged 59.
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His writings influenced Lutheran. Calvinist and Anglican doctrines and practices.
He is remembered as an early pioneer of ecumenism.
(Notes on Franz von Sickingen (1481-1523) included)
Sources
Wikipedia
70 Great Christians by Geoffrey Hanks
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