Melanchthon, Philipp
MELANCHTHON, PHILIPP (1497–1560), born Philipp Schwartzerd; German theologian and major sixteenth-century reformer, writer of Protestantism's first systematic theolo...
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Melanchthon, Philipp(1497–1560)
Philipp Melanchthon, the German reformer, was born at Bretten, Baden, and died at Wittenberg. He was a grandnephew of the great humanist Johannes Reuchlin, who e...
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The German scholar and humanist Philip Melancthon (1497-1560) was the chief systematic theologian of the early Reformation and principal author of the famous Augsburg Confession of 1530.Philip Melanct...
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Philipp Melanchthon, who received his Greek last name--a translation of his real name, Schwartzerd (Black Earth)from his early mentor and distant relative Johann Reuchlin, is now chiefly known as one ...
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