Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Philip Melanchthon
Born: February 16, 1497
Died: April 19, 1560 (aged 63)
Bio: Philip Melanchthon, born Philipp Schwartzerdt, was a German Lutheran 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.
Known for:
- Augsburg Confession
- Loci Communes (1521)
- Apology of the Augsburg Confession
- Commentary on Romans