Life of Philip Melanchthon
Author: first_name: Karl Friedrich
last_name: Ledderhose
Language: English
Year: 1855

Philip Melanchthon  (1497 – 1560) is best known as the theologian of the Protestant Reformation, systematizing and defending much of Martin Luther’s works and creating an educational system based on them.  He was instrumental in the writing of the Augsburg Confession, the most influential document of the Reformation.  Melanchthon and Luther, of different temperaments, did not always agree but respected each other and became a formidable spearhead for the Reformation.  
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