Kaspar Megander

Kaspar Megander (German: Großmann; 1495 – 18 August 1545) was a Swiss reformer in Zürich and Bern who supported Huldrych Zwingli and was influential in the early years of the Swiss Reformation.

Life Megander was born in Zürich, Switzerland in 1484, and studied in Basel from 1515 to 1518, before moving back to Zürich to take up a hospital chaplaincy. He supported Zwingli in his reforms of marriage in the priesthood, marrying his housekeeper in 1524. In his own 1536 catechism, he officially endorsed Zwingli's doctrine of the sacraments wholesale, and preached against the Lutheran doctrine of the sacraments. This eventually led to opposition from Bucer's party, especially coming to head in a synod in Bern in 1537. Later that same year, Bucer modified Megander's catechism without his approval, and Megander left Bern and returned to Zürich. At Zürich, Megander was an ardent supporter and guardian of Zwingli's heritage until his death in 1545.

In addition to writing commentaries on Galatians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles, he also was an editor of Zwingli's works.