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	After lectures on the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Epistle to the Romans]], together with his investigations into the doctrines of Paul, he was granted the degree of [[bachelor of theology]], and was transferred to the theological faculty. He married Katharina Krapp, daughter of Wittenberg's [[mayor]], on 25 November 1520.		After lectures on the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Epistle to the Romans]], together with his investigations into the doctrines of Paul, he was granted the degree of [[bachelor of theology]], and was transferred to the theological faculty. He married Katharina Krapp, daughter of Wittenberg's [[mayor]], on 25 November 1520.

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	'''Philip Melanchthon''' ('''Philippus Melanchthon''') (/məˈlæŋkθən/; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560), born '''Philipp Schwartzerdt''' (ˈʃvaɐ̯ts.eːɐt]), was a German reformer, collaborator with [[Martin Luther]], the first systematic [[theologian]] of the [[Protestant Reformation]], intellectual leader of the [[Lutheran Reformation]], and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and [[John Calvin\|Calvin]] as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. Along with Luther, he is the primary founder of [[Lutheranism]]. They both denounced what they believed was the exaggerated cult of the saints, asserted [[sola fide\|justification by faith]], and denounced the coercion of the conscience in the sacrament of penance by the [[Catholic Church]], that they believed could not offer certainty of salvation. In unison they rejected [[transubstantiation]], the belief that the bread from the Lord's Supper becomes [[Christ]]'s body when consecrated. Melanchthon made the distinction between law and gospel the central formula for Lutheran evangelical insight. By the "law", he meant God's requirements both in Old and New Testament; the "gospel" meant the free gift of grace through faith in Jesus Christ.		'''Philip Melanchthon''' ('''Philippus Melanchthon''') (/məˈlæŋkθən/; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560), born '''Philipp Schwartzerdt''' (ˈʃvaɐ̯ts.eːɐt]), was a German reformer, collaborator with [[Martin Luther]], the first systematic [[theologian]] of the [[Protestant Reformation]], intellectual leader of the [[Lutheran Reformation]], and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and [[John Calvin\|Calvin]] as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. Along with Luther, he is the primary founder of [[Lutheranism]]. They both denounced what they believed was the exaggerated cult of the saints, asserted [[sola fide\|justification by faith]], and denounced the coercion of the conscience in the sacrament of penance by the [[Catholic Church]], that they believed could not offer certainty of salvation. In unison they rejected [[transubstantiation]], the belief that the bread from the Lord's Supper becomes [[Christ]]'s body when consecrated. Melanchthon made the distinction between law and gospel the central formula for Lutheran evangelical insight. By the "law", he meant God's requirements both in Old and New Testament; the "gospel" meant the free gift of grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

			==Early life and education==

			He was born Philipp Schwartzerdt on 16 February 1497, at [[Bretten]], near [[Karlsruhe]], where his father Georg Schwarzerdt was armorer to [[Philip, Count Palatine of the Rhine]]. His birthplace, along with almost the whole city of Bretten, was burned in 1689 by French troops during the [[War of the Palatinate Succession]]. The town's [[Melanchthonhaus (Bretten)\|Melanchthonhaus]] was built on its site in 1897.

			In 1507 he was sent to the Latin school at [[Pforzheim]], where the rector, Georg Simler of [[Wimpfen]], introduced him to the Latin and Greek poets and [[Aristotle]]. He was influenced by his great-uncle [[Johann Reuchlin]], brother of his maternal grandmother, a [[Renaissance humanism\|Renaissance humanist]]. It was Reuchlin who suggested Philipp change his surname from "Schwartzerdt" (literally "black earth"), into the [[Greek language\|Greek]] equivalent "Melanchthon" (Μελάγχθων), a custom which was usual among humanists of that time.

			In 1509, he entered the [[University of Heidelberg]], where he studied [[philosophy]], [[rhetoric]], and [[astronomy]]/[[astrology]], and was known as a good Greek scholar. Refused the degree of master in 1512 on account of his youth, he went to [[university of Tübingen\|Tübingen]], where he continued humanistic studies, but also worked on [[jurisprudence]], [[mathematics]], and [[medicine]]. While there, he was taught the technical aspects of astrology by [[Johannes Stöffler]].

			Having earned a master's degree in 1516, he began to study [[theology]]. Under the influence of men like Reuchlin and [[Erasmus]] he became convinced that true [[Christianity]] was something different from [[Scholasticism\|scholastic theology]] as it was taught at the university. He became a ''conventor'' (repentant) in the ''contubernium'' and instructed younger scholars. He also lectured on oratory, on [[Virgil]] and [[Livy]].

			His first publications were an edition of [[Terence]] (1516) and a Greek grammar (1518), as well as a preface to Reuchlin's ''Epistolae clarorum virorum'' (1514).

			==Professor at Wittenberg==
			[[Image:Luther-melanch-kreuzkirche-bretten.jpg\|thumb\|Melanchthon and Luther with Christ crucified in the middle]]
			Opposed as a reformer at Tübingen, he accepted a call to the [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg\|University of Wittenberg]] by [[Martin Luther]], recommended by his great-uncle [[Johann Reuchlin]]. Melanchthon became professor of the Greek language in Wittenberg at the age of 21. He studied the [[Bible\|Scripture]], especially of [[Paul of Tarsus\|Paul]], and [[Protestant Reformation\|Evangelical]] doctrine. He was present at the [[disputation of Leipzig]] (1519) as a spectator, but participated by his comments. [[Johann Eck]] having attacked his views, Melanchthon replied based on the authority of Scripture in his ''Defensio contra Johannem Eckium'' (Wittenberg, 1519).

			After lectures on the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Epistle to the Romans]], together with his investigations into the doctrines of Paul, he was granted the degree of [[bachelor of theology]], and was transferred to the theological faculty. He married Katharina Krapp, daughter of Wittenberg's [[mayor]], on 25 November 1520.

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'''Philip Melanchthon''' ('''Philippus Melanchthon''') (/məˈlæŋkθən/; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560), born '''Philipp Schwartzerdt''' (ˈʃvaɐ̯ts.eːɐt]), was a German reformer, collaborator with [[Martin Luther]], the first systematic [[theologian]] of the [[Protestant Reformation]], intellectual leader of the [[Lutheran Reformation]], and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and [[John Calvin|Calvin]] as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. Along with Luther, he is the primary founder of [[Lutheranism]]. They both denounced what they believed was the exaggerated cult of the saints, asserted [[sola fide|justification by faith]], and denounced the coercion of the conscience in the sacrament of penance by the [[Catholic Church]], that they believed could not offer certainty of salvation. In unison they rejected [[transubstantiation]], the belief that the bread from the Lord's Supper becomes [[Christ]]'s body when consecrated. Melanchthon made the distinction between law and gospel the central formula for Lutheran evangelical insight. By the "law", he meant God's requirements both in Old and New Testament; the "gospel" meant the free gift of grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

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Nick: New page: '''Philip Melanchthon''' ('''Philippus Melanchthon''') (/məˈlæŋkθən/; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560), born '''Philipp Schwartzerdt''' (ˈʃvaɐ̯ts.eːɐt]), was a German reform...