Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), German theologian. Born Philipp Schwartzerd near Karlsruhe, he was educated at the Latin schol at Pforzheim. He was s
Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), German theologian. Born Philipp Schwartzerd near Karlsruhe, he was educated at the Latin schol at Pforzheim. He was strongly influenced by humanism, the attempt to reconcile the classics with christianity, and translated his name into Greek and became known as Melanchthon. In 1509, aged thirteen, he entered the University of Heidelberg to study philosophy and astronomy. He was refused a degree on account of his youth, so went to Tubingen to continue his education. He later accepted Luther's invitation to become professor at Wittenberg where he set about the intellectual foundation of the Protestant Reformation by making the distiction between the Papacy and its rules and the individual's contact with Christ through scripture. This engraving is from Beze's Les vrais pourtraits des hommes illustres published at Geneva in 1581.
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