Marburg, Colloquy of

A conference held in 1529 in Marburg, Germany, in an attempt to reconcile the Zwinglian and Lutheran evangelical movements. Summoned by Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, it was attended by Luther and Melanchthon on the German side, and by Zwingli, Oecolampadius, and Bucer on the Swiss. Though there was agreement on most of the articles, the striking point was the issue of the real presence in the Eucharist: Zwingli denied that the bread became the body of Christ or even (as Luther suggests – consubstantiation) was both bread and body.