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In April of 1518, Bucer happened to attend to [[Heidelberg Disputation]], where he heard [[Martin Luther]] criticize the unbiblical views held by the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref name="Reformation500"/> He quickly became convinced by Luther and received permission by the [[Pope]] to leave the [[Dominican Order]] in 1521.<ref name="Reformation500"/><ref name="Britannica"/> After working for the count palatine of the Rhine, and Elector of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], Bucer became a pastor at Landstuhl, in modern-day far-western Germany.<ref name="Reformation500"/><ref name="Britannica"/>
In April of 1518, Bucer happened to attend to [[Heidelberg Disputation]], where he heard [[Martin Luther]] criticize the unbiblical views held by the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref name="Reformation500"/> He quickly became convinced by Luther and received permission by the [[Pope]] to leave the [[Dominican Order]] in 1521.<ref name="Reformation500"/><ref name="Britannica"/> After working for the count palatine of the Rhine, and Elector of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], Bucer became a pastor at Landstuhl, in modern-day far-western Germany.<ref name="Reformation500"/><ref name="Britannica"/>
While at Landstuhl, Bucer married Elizabeth Silbereisen, a former nun.<ref name="Reformation500"/> After the leader of Landstuhl, Franz von Sickingen, unsuccessfully led the Knights’ War against the elector of Trier,<ref name="Reformation500"/> Bucer was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church in 1523 and went to Strasbourg.<ref name="Britannica"/> Along the way, Bucer stopped at Weissenburg to help the reform movement there, and he preached several sermons and wrote his first theological treatise.<ref name="Reformation500"/>
While at Landstuhl, Bucer married Elizabeth Silbereisen, a former nun.<ref name="Reformation500"/> After the leader of Landstuhl, Franz von Sickingen, unsuccessfully led the Knights’ War against the elector of Trier,<ref name="Reformation500"/> Bucer was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church in 1523 and went to Strasbourg.<ref name="Britannica"/> Along the way, Bucer stopped at Weissenburg to help the Reform movement there, and he preached several sermons and wrote his first theological treatise.<ref name="Reformation500"/>
Arriving in Strasbourg in 1523, Bucer took part in the Reform movement there.<ref name="Reformation500"/> He pastored the St. Aurelia’s church from 1524 to 1531 and the St. Thomas church from 1531 to 1540.<ref name="Reformation500"/> He also wrote several texts including commentaries and catechisms.<ref name="Reformation500"/> Among Bucer's many actions, in 1529 he persuaded the city to abolish the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]].<ref name="Reformation500"/> Although he opposed capital punishment against [[anabaptists]], he worked to banish them from the city.<ref name="Reformation500"/>
==Role as mediator==
Starting in 1529, Bucer became involved in the controversies of the [[Eucharist]].<ref name="Reformation500"/> His city, Strasbourg was located between the areas influenced by Luther and [[Ulrich Zwingli]].<ref name="Britannica"/> Although Bucer held both Luther's and Zwingli's view of the Eucharist at different times, eventually adopting a middle-ground view, and despite his friendship with Zwingli, he could help the two reach an agreement in the 1529 [[Marburg Colloquy]].<ref name="Reformation500"/><ref name="Britannica"/> Bucer wrote a compromise statement on the issue, but it was affirmed by only four cities including his own.<ref name="Reformation500"/>
After this, Bucer worked hard and frequently to create unity among Protestant Christians.<ref name="Reformation500"/><ref name="Britannica"/> Additionally, he "participated in nearly every meeting on religious questions held in Germany and [[Switzerland]] between 1524 and 1548."<ref name="Britannica"/> Bucer often supported using "obscure language and ambiguous formulas" when trying to reach a consensus on extremely divisive issues where any explicit agreement could not be achieved.<ref name="Britannica"/> He supported this because he thought that general theological reform among the people was more important than solving specific theological disagreements, which could be done at a later time.<ref name="Britannica"/> The agreements Bucer played a part in included the [[First Helvetic Confession]] and the [[Wittenberg Concord]], both in 1536.<ref name="Reformation500"/><ref name="Britannica"/> Despite their limited success, both agreements could not create real or permanent unity among Protestants.<ref name="Reformation500"/><ref name="Britannica"/>
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