Are concerns about “BS jobs” as old as the Reformation?
Martin Bucer
Bucer to Bullinger (10): On the Gauls
Starting a new section today in Bucer's 1535 letter to Bullinger, on that perennially vexed question of Franco-German relations. Bucer on the Gauls Concerning our response to the Gauls: For me, in Christ there is neither Gaul nor German, and it is not permitted to...
Bucer to Bullinger (9): On a Council
Below is the rest of the section on the possibility of a council from Martin Bucer's 1535 letter to Bullinger and Leo Jud. The new material begins with "If the Lord has accomplished such things...". Bucer on a Council Concerning a council: A long time ago, under the...
Bucer to Bullinger (8): On a Council
After a brief hiatus, we are back with the next section of Bucer's letter to Bullinger and Jud, this one on Christendom and councils, of no little relevance to ongoing debates about church and state. This is the first of two posts on this topic. Bucer on a Council...
Bucer to Bullinger (7): On the Scholastics
In the last two posts, we looked at Bucer's statements on the Wittenberg theologians in his 1535 letter to Bullinger and Leo Jud. Today we move on to a new topic, one that has of late garnered much attention and generated much debate: the role of Scholastic...
Bucer to Bullinger (6): On the Wittenbergers
Last time we started Bucer's comments on the Wittenberg theologians. Today we finish that section. He has some firm words for his Swiss friends. I've included the previous passage as well. The new material begins with "It is possible...". Bucer to Bullinger on the...
Bucer to Bullinger (5): On the Wittenbergers
Today we move on to a new topic in Bucer's letter to Bullinger and Leo Jud. (I don't think I mentioned previously that Jud is also a recipient of the letter, even though the inscription of the letter is to Bullinger alone. This helps to account for the second person...
Bucer to Bullinger (4): On the Holy Supper
Here is the fourth installment of a 1535 letter (really, a smorgasbord treatise in miniature) from Martin Bucer to Heinrich Bullinger. This is the last section (for the moment) on the Lord's Supper. As in the previous posts, I've included all the previous material for...
Bucer to Bullinger (2): On the Holy Supper
Part 1, along with some introductory remarks, is here; but I've also included the first paragraph of the translation in this post so that the argument is easier to follow. Bucer to Bullinger on the Lord's Supper Concerning your confession: When you make the dispute a...
Bucer to Bullinger (1): On the Holy Supper
Recently, while trying to figure out a few things about the textual history of Martin Luther's 1535 Galatians commentary, I stumbled across an excerpt from a contemporary (i.e., 1535) letter from Martin Bucer to Heinrich Bullinger that mentions the commentary. When I...