Lesser-Known Reformers: Martin Bucer (1491–1551)

Many scholars today suggest that the reformers misunderstood Roman Catholicism and overreacted against it. What silliness! Every reformer who was born before 1520 grew up in the Roman Catholic Church!  One such man was Martin Bucer, whom God would use to reject Rome’s wrong worship and help the faithful church appreciate true worship.    His Life  Martin Bucer was born on November 11, 1491, near Strasbourg, France. At age seventeen he became a monk. Some monks were Augustinian monks; their...