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Melanchthon
[ muh-langk-thuhn; German mey-lahnkh-tawn ]
noun
- Phil·ipp [fil, -ip, fee, -lip], Philipp Schwarzert, 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
Melanchthon
/ meˈlançtɔn; məˈlæŋkθən /
noun
- MelanchthonPhilipp14971560MGermanRELIGION: Protestant Philipp (ˈfiːlɪp). original surname Schwarzerd. 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer. His Loci Communes (1521) was the first systematic presentation of Protestant theology and in the Augsburg Confession (1530) he stated the faith of the Lutheran churches. He also reformed the German educational system
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He was a friend of Melanchthon and Erasmus, was with the latter when he died, and became possessed of his library.
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Among his opponents at the Diet were Bucer and Melanchthon; the discussion, as usual, led to no result.
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He then returned to Cologne, where he again met Bucer and Melanchthon, who were endeavoring to induce the bishop to apostatize.
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It would be interesting to discover how much of Luther is Melanchthon.
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This letter is doubtless one of the first addressed by Calvin to Melanchthon.
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