The Life of Philip Melanchthon

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English · 12h 32m · Biography & Autobiography

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Philip Melanchthon (1497 – 1560) is best known as the theologian of the Protestant Reformation, systematizing and defending much of Martin Luther’s works and creating an educational system based on them. He was instrumental in the writing of the Augsburg Confession, the most influential document of the Reformation. Melanchthon and Luther, of different temperaments, did not always agree but respected each other and became a formidable spearhead for the Reformation.
Karl Ledderhose here provides a comprehensive biography of Melanchthon including his principle ideas and activities, so it also serves as a history of many important aspects of the Reformation.
- Summary by Larry Wilson

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Prefaces 6:52 Read by Larry Wilson
His Youth 16:30 Read by Ruth P.
The University 12:31 Read by Ruthema
His Debut in Wittenberg, and at the Leipzig Disputation 11:46 Read by Steve Mayer
Building and Fighting 10:49 Read by Steve Mayer
Melanchthon without Luther 19:47 Read by Steve Mayer
Labors, Recreation, and Trouble 13:02 Read by Ruthema
The War of the Peasants 14:19 Read by Ruthema
His Labors for the Church and Schools 14:12 Read by Steve Mayer
The Diet of Spire 9:36 Read by Steve Mayer
The Conference at Marburg 20:05 Read by Hopeforce1
The Diet of Augsburg Part I 20:55 Read by Bill Mosley
The Diet of Augsburg Part II 18:18 Read by Bill Mosley
The Diet of Augsburg Part III 18:05 Read by Bill Mosley
The Diet of Augsburg Part IV 16:18 Read by Bill Mosley
The Position of the Evangelical Party after the Diet of Augsburg 13:34 Read by Bill Mosley
The Kings of France and England, and Melanchthon 17:10 Read by Rutherford Osborn
The Wittenberg Form of Concord 19:35 Read by Bill Mosley
Recreation and Trouble 18:55 Read by Bill Mosley
The Convention at Smalkald 14:36 Read by Bill Mosley
The Assembly of the Princes at Frankfort, and the Victories of the Reformation       18:13 Read by Bill Mosley
Help in a Dangerous Illness 18:22 Read by SlametHarris
Conflicts in the Evangelical Camp 14:05 Read by Bill Mosley
Worms and Ratisbon Part I 18:39 Read by Bill Mosley
Worms and Ratisbon Part II 20:59 Read by Bill Mosley
Progress of the Reformation 12:57 Read by Rutherford Osborn
The School of Tribulation 11:37 Read by Steve Mayer
Worms and Ratisbon again 12:08 Read by Steve Mayer
Luther Dies, and Melanchthon Mourns 19:59 Read by Ruth P.
War and the Misery of War 19:03 Read by Bill Mosley
Restoration of the University of Wittenberg 15:48 Read by Bill Mosley
The Diet of Augsburg and its Interim 20:00 Read by Bill Mosley
How the Interim fared in the Electorate of Saxony 20:52 Read by Michelle Hannah
Disputes about the Leipzig Interim 19:14 Read by Michelle Hannah
The Conflict with Osiander 12:25 Read by Andrew Gaunce
The Changed Attitude of the Elector Maurice 18:07 Read by TriciaG
Doctrinal Controversies, and Attempts to bring about a Union Part I 18:39 Read by Ahikam Devadason
Doctrinal Controversies, and Attempts to bring about a Union Part II 18:24 Read by Ahikam Devadason
The Religious Conference at Worms 19:32 Read by Michelle Hannah
The Last Years of his Life, real Years of Sorrow Part I 15:25 Read by Michelle Hannah
The Last Years of his Life, real Years of Sorrow Part II 18:38 Read by Michelle Hannah
His Domestic Life 23:05 Read by Larry Wilson
Something more of Melanchthon's Merits 8:08 Read by Larry Wilson
He Dies Part I 17:46 Read by Ruth P.
He Dies Part II 22:10 Read by Ruth P.
He Dies Part III 11:06 Read by Larry Wilson