Philip Melanchthon

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Bible translator German humanist Protestant reformer author human theologian university professor

Philip Melanchthon was a leading German humanist, theologian, and collaborator of Martin Luther who systematized Protestant theology and played a central role in shaping the intellectual foundations of the Reformation.

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Philipp Melanchthon	13
Philipp Melanchthon – professor of Greek and theology	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible translator ⓘ German humanist ⓘ Protestant reformer ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ university professor ⓘ
authorOf	Book of Concord ⓘ surface form: Apology of the Augsburg Confession Commentary on Colossians ⓘ Commentary on Romans ⓘ Loci Communes ⓘ
birthName	Philipp Schwartzerdt ⓘ
burialPlace	All Saints' Church, Wittenberg ⓘ
coAuthorOf	Augsburg Confession ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Martin Luther ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Electoral Palatinate ⓘ surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate
dateOfBirth	1497-02-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1560-04-19 ⓘ
educatedAt	Heidelberg University ⓘ surface form: University of Heidelberg University of Tübingen ⓘ
employer	University of Wittenberg ⓘ
era	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Reformation era
familyName	Schwartzerdt ⓘ
fieldOfWork	education ⓘ humanism ⓘ theology ⓘ
givenName	Philipp ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ
influenced	Lutheran orthodoxy ⓘ Protestant scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam Martin Luther ⓘ
knownFor	shaping the intellectual foundations of the Reformation ⓘ systematizing Protestant theology ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
movement	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nickname	Praeceptor Germaniae ⓘ
notableStudent	Johann Brenz ⓘ Johann Sturm ⓘ
notableWork	Augsburg Confession ⓘ Loci Communes ⓘ
occupation	Bible translator ⓘ theologian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ
participantIn	Augsburg Confession ⓘ surface form: Diet of Augsburg (1530) Leipzig Disputation (1519) ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bretten ⓘ Electoral Palatinate ⓘ surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate
placeOfDeath	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Wittenberg ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of Greek at the University of Wittenberg ⓘ Reformer of the Saxon school system ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
translatedWork	parts of the Bible into German ⓘ