A Melanchthon Reader: Translated by Ralph Keen

This volume contains nineteen texts by the reformer Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), most of them translated for the first time in English. Melanchthon's career as humanist and educator is illustrated by six academic lectures. The "Augsburg Confession" of 1530 and occasional works on various topics reveal his efforts as a formulator and apologist for Lutheranism. His humanistic and theological interests combine in three works on ethics and theological anthropology. An introduction outlines his life and the place of his thought in the reformation.