Philip Melanchthon

Philip Melanchthon
Philip Melanchthon
	Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1543
Born	Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497; Bretten, Electoral Palatinate
Died	19 April 1560 (aged 63); Wittenberg, Electoral Saxony
Alma mater	University of Heidelberg; University of Tübingen;
	Theological work
Era	Reformation
Language	German
Tradition or movement	Lutheranism
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Philip Melanchthon^[a] (born Philipp Schwartzerdt;^[b] 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.

He stands next to Luther and John Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and shaper of Protestantism.^[1]

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^ Richard 1898, p. 379.

[FOOTNOTERichard1898379-3] Richard 1898, p. 379.

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Philip Melanchthon
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1543
Born	Philipp Schwartzerdt 16 February 1497 Bretten, Electoral Palatinate
Died	19 April 1560(1560-04-19) (aged 63) Wittenberg, Electoral Saxony
Alma mater	University of Heidelberg University of Tübingen
Theological work
Era	Reformation
Language	German
Tradition or movement	Lutheranism

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