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JOHN CALVIN : LIFE, LEGACY AND THEOLOGY -<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
CHAPTER THREE<br />
STRASBOURG HUGUENOTS.<br />
(1538–1541)<br />
Saint-Nicolas Church, Strasbourg, where <strong>Calvin</strong> preached in 1538.<br />
The building was architecturally modified in the 19th century<br />
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https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/ryan-reeves/the-day-calvin-lost-his-church/<br />
The man who worked to restore <strong>Calvin</strong> was Martin Bucer, a widely respected <strong>and</strong> irenic theologian<br />
from the first generation of the Reformation. Like Luther, Bucer had been a monk, though he sided<br />
with Protestantism after hearing Luther personally defend his theology at the Heidelberg Disputation.<br />
Bucer wound up in Strasbourg as a reformer with high st<strong>and</strong>ing in the budding Reformed movement in<br />
the Swiss regions. He was always grieved that Zwingli <strong>and</strong> Luther had failed to create a unified view<br />
on the Lord’s Supper. For most of his career he never ceased to strive for unity between Protestants.<br />
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