Philip Melanchthon: The Protestant Preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: James William Richard
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331557180
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Excerpt from Philip Melanchthon: The Protestant Preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560 By far the larger part of the materials used in the composition of this book were taken from Melanchthon's own writings as contained in the Corpus Rcformatorum. Bindseil's Supplementa and the Wittenberg edition of Melanchthon's works(1562-64) were also used. Besides the other sources of information noted in the margin, the standard Church histories, the Real-Encyclopadie of Drs. Herzog and Plitt, and many pamphlets originating in the memorial year of 1897, were employed. Neither labour nor expense of travel in Germany has been spared in getting accurate information and in ascertaining the opinions of the best and wisest Melanchthon scholars. Galle's Charakteristik Melanchthons (1840), Herrlinger's Die Theologie Melanchthons (1878), and Hartfelder's Philipp Melanchthon als Praeceptor Germaniae (1889), have been very serviceable. For information in regard to the publishing operations of the Wittenberg Press, I am indebted to Mr. G. H. Putnam's Books and their Makers during the Middle Ages. The author has aimed throughout at objectivity of presentation, and has given his authority for all important facts and statements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."