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Melanchthon

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Me·lanch·thon  (m-lngkthn, m-läntôn), Philipp Originally Philipp Schwarzerd. 1497-1560.
German theologian and a leader of the German Reformation. A friend of Martin Luther, he wrote Loci Communes (1521), the first extensive treatise on Protestant doctrine.
Melanchthon [məˈlæŋkθən (German) meˈlançtɔn]
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(Biographies / Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560) M, German, RELIGION: 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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Noun1.MelanchthonMelanchthon - German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560)
Philipp Melanchthon, Philipp Schwarzerd


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Philip Melanchthon, some time ago, wrote a commentary upon the "Batrachomyomachia," and proved that the poet's object was to excite a distaste for sedition.
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