Martin Bucer (1491-1551) was a Protestant reformer who began as a member of the Dominican Order but later (1523) adopted Lutheranism after hearing Martin Luther speak in Heidelberg. After his adoption of Lutheranism he began openly preached Lutheran beliefs from the pulpit in Alsace. In 1524 he was put in charge of the Parish of Ste Aurelie. He actively opposed Roman Catholics, Anabaptists, and other religious radicals. Bucer’s views on the Lord’s Supper fell somewhere between those of Luther and Zwingli (Although he did support Zwingli at the 1529 Marburg Colloquy). Five years after his home city of Strasbourg joined the Schmalkaldic League, he signed the Wittenberg Concord and at least superficially accepted the Lutheran doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Bucer also took part in many of the unsuccessful conferences between Roman Catholics and Protestants. Later he became Regis Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. Bucer also had a noteworthy influence on the Anglican Ordinal.