Page "Philipp Melanchthon" Paragraph 4

Having taken the degree of master in 1516, he began to study theology.

Under the influence of men like Reuchlin and Erasmus he became convinced that true Christianity was something different from scholastic theology as it was taught at the university.

He became a conventor ( repentant ) in the contubernium and instructed younger scholars.

He also lectured on oratory, on Virgil and Livy.