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Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential designer of educational systems.
Philipp Melanchthon, German author of the Augsburg Confession of the Lutheran church (1530), humanist, reformer, theologian, and educator. He was a friend of Martin Luther and defended his views. He also played an important role in reforming public schools in Germany.
Dec 21, 2021 · Philip Melanchthon (l. 1497-1560) was a German scholar and theologian who provided the intellectual rationale and systematized theology for the reformed vision of Christianity of his friend Martin Luther...
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Philipp Melanchthon - Reformer, Augsburg Confession, Lutheranism: Melanchthon was present when the protest, from which the term Protestant originated, was lodged in the name of freedom of conscience against the Roman Catholic majority at the Second Diet of Speyer (1529).
Philipp Melanchthon, orig. Philipp Schwartzerd, (born Feb. 15, 1497, Bretten, Palatinate—died April 19, 1560, probably Wittenberg, Saxony), German Protestant reformer. His education in Germany was greatly influenced by humanist learning, and he was named professor of Greek at Wittenberg in 1518.
May 29, 2018 · MELANCHTHON, PHILIPP (1497 – 1560), born Philipp Schwartzerd; German theologian and major sixteenth-century reformer, writer of Protestantism's first systematic theology, organizer of the Protestant public school system, and author of two statements of Lutheran belief: the Augsburg Confession and its apology.
The Life of the Reformer and Universal Scholar. Melanchthon distinguished himself from his contemporaries not only through his works as a humanist and his extraordinary gift for Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, but also through his outstanding achievements as a reformer, politician, and educator.
