BUCER MELANCHTHON AND ZWINGLI: ERASMUS'S PROTESTANTS.

The article presents an examination into the philosophical influences of several Protestant Reformation leaders including Martin Bucer, Philipp Melanchthon and Huldrych Zwingli. Focus is given to the common connection shared by each of the Reformers to the Christian Humanism of the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus and its manifestations through the German Reformer Martin Luther. Several major theological concepts and contentions shared between the group are also analyzed in turn.