Wittenberg Concord

Timeline

1. 1535–1536Wittenberg · Saxony-AnhaltDriven by the need for a politically unified Protestant front, Reformed representatives from Strasbourg and elsewhere negotiated with Wittenberg Lutheran theologians over the real presence in the Eucharist, attempting to bridge the doctrinal divide between Zwinglians and Lutherans.
2. 1536Wittenberg · Saxony-AnhaltMartin Bucer led a Reformed delegation and, together with Philipp Melanchthon and other Lutheran theologians, reached a written concord in Wittenberg on the doctrine of the Eucharist: the Reformed accepted the formulation of the 'real presence' of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist, while the Lutherans showed some flexibility in wording.
3. 1536–1540German Reformed territories · GermanyThe concord was accepted in some Reformed cities of southern Germany and Switzerland, but Zwinglian hardliners and other regions remained reserved; by around 1540, its role as a cross-confessional theological bridge was limited, though it provided a textual precedent for later, broader attempts at Protestant unity.