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<p> (also known under the name of Grosmann), CASPAR, was born at [[Zurich]] in 1495. He was educated at the University of Basle, where he secured. the degree of MA. in 1518, and soon after was appointed chaplain of the hospital at Zurich. Here he early espoused the doctrines of Zwingle, and with him, in 1525, publicly demanded the suppression of the mass and the evangelical celebration of the Lord's Supper. After the [[Berne]] disputation, in 1528, he was called as professor of theology to Berne, where he soon obtained the first position among the leading personalities, and zealously labored in this place for the advance of Zwinglian doctrines. In 1532, at Zofingen, he took part in the deliberations of the Anabaptists; and again, as deputy of the council, at the disputes at [[Lausanne]] in 1536, and of the synod at the same place in 1537. He also compiled the Berne [[Catechism]] in 1536. His Zwinglianism involved him in many serious disputes with [[Bucer]] in the latter's attempts at union. As one of the originators of the Helvetic [[Confession]] of 1536, he successfully defended the [[Wittenberg]] [[Formula]] of [[Concord]] at the convent at Berne Oct. 19, 1536, and in consequence Bucer was dismissed. In 1537, however, Bucer's justification of his conduct was finally accepted, and [[Megander]] was charged to modify his Catechism in conformity with the Formula of Concord. Megander no longer opposed the alteration, the revised Catechism was at once prepared by Bucer, and was accepted by the [[Council]] of Berne in 1537. Megander, however, refusing to be governed by these alterations, was deposed from office, and returning to Zurich was there reappointed archdeacon at the cathedral, and in this position he arduously labored to oppose the efforts of Bucer. Megander died in 1545. Of his works, the Anmerkungen to [[Genesis]] and Exodus, Hebrews and [[Epistles]] of John, deserve special mention. See Hundeshagen, Conflicte des Zwingl., Luterth. und Cau,. in Berne (Berne, 1842), </p>

 

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