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==Career==
==Career==
He was born Philipp Schwartzerd (of which "Melanchthon" is a Greek translation) at Bretten on Feb. 16, 1497. Under the guidance of his great-uncle, John Reuchlin, humanist and Hebraist, Melanchthon was very well educated the [[University of Heidelberg]] and at [[Tübingen University]], where he began teaching. Besides extensive classical studies including Plato and Aristotle, he studied Rudolph Agricola, William of Ockham, John Wessel, and Scripture. Before contact with Luther he had seriously questioned scholastic theology and ecclesiastical morality.
He was born Philipp Schwartzerd (of which "Melanchthon" is a Greek translation) at Bretten on Feb. 16, 1497. Under the guidance of his great-uncle, John Reuchlin, humanist and Hebraist, Melanchthon was very well educated the University of Heidelberg and at Tübingen University, where he began teaching. Besides extensive classical studies including Plato and Aristotle, he studied Rudolph Agricola, William of Ockham, John Wessel, and Scripture. Before contact with Luther he had seriously questioned scholastic theology and ecclesiastical morality.
==Relation with Luther==
==Relation with Luther==
When Melanchthon arrived in Wittenberg in 1518, he became Luther's closest friend, to Luther's death. Luther encouraged his marriage to Katherine Krapp in 1520. Melanchthon was considered a brilliant teacher of the Greek and Latin classics as well as the Bible.
When Melanchthon arrived in Wittenberg in 1518, he became Luther's closest friend, to Luther's death. Luther encouraged his marriage to Katherine Krapp in 1520. Melanchthon was considered a brilliant teacher of the Greek and Latin classics as well as the Bible.