Consensus Tigurinus

The document was intended to bring unity to the Protestant churches on their doctrines of the sacraments, particularly the Lord's Supper.

It was accepted by the churches in Zürich, Geneva, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, the Grisons, Neuchâtel, and eventually by Basel, and brought them into harmony with one another.

It was "favorably received" in France and parts of Germany, but while Melancthon said that he understood the Swiss for the first time and would no longer write against them, it was attacked by the Gnesio-Lutheran Joachim Westphal and "became the innocent occasion of the second sacramental war.

"[4] The Consensus was well received in England, with Martin Bucer praising it and Peter Martyr Vermigli endorsing it.

[5] Calvin refused to answer the published attacks until these started to strain the Lutheran-Reformed relations, particularly Westphal's claim that those writing in support of the document were Sacramentarians.