Caspar Hedio
Caspar Hedio, also written as Kaspar Hedio, Kaspar Heyd, Kaspar Bock or Kaspar Böckel (
Ettlingen, 1494 -
Strasbourg, 17 October 1552) was a German historian, theologian and
Protestant reformer.
He was born into a prosperous family and attended a famous school in
Pforzheim. In 1513. he began his studies in
Fribourg and later studied theology in
Basel, where he received his degree in 1519. At that time, he began his relationship with
Ulrich Zwingli and corresponded with
Martin Luther. He took his doctorate in
Mainz and obtained a position as a preacher at the
Strasbourg Cathedral in 1523. His Protestant convictions were made clear when he married Margarete Trenz.
In Strasbourg, he collaborated with
Wolfgang Capito and
Martin Bucer and participated in the
Marburg Colloquy. His influence extended to
Alsace, the
Margraviate of Baden and the
Palatinate. When
Philipp Melanchthon went to France, Hedio was asked to accompany him. In 1541, he moved to
Regensburg to join Bucer and others in developing Protestant doctrine. As a representative of Strasbourg, he participated in the debate at the
Diet of Worms of 1545.
Hedio translated many tracts by the Church Fathers, published a chronicle of the early Christian church based on the works of
Eusebius and
Sozomen and compiled a world history.
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