For those of the Cardinal, Melanchthon, and Dürer's final major work, a drawn portrait of the Nuremberg patrician Ulrich Starck, Dürer depicted the sitters in profile, perhaps reflecting a more mathematical approach.

At the Colloquy of Worms in 1557 which he attended only reluctantly, the adherents of Flacius and the Saxon theologians tried to avenge themselves by thoroughly humiliating Melanchthon, in agreement with the malicious desire of the Roman Catholics to condemn all heretics, especially those who had departed from the Augsburg Confession, before the beginning of the conference.

This made him, especially after 1571, hated by all those who adhered to Lutheranism in opposition to Melanchthon.

* The term can also be used to refer to theology which self-avowedly seeks to perpetuate the classical traditions of thematic exploration of theology described above-often by means of commentary upon the classics of those tradition: the Damascene, Aquinas, John Calvin, Melanchthon and others.

As it was agreed upon to send a confession to Trent, Melanchthon drew up the Confessio Saxonica which is a repetition of the Augsburg Confession, discussing, however, in greater detail, but with moderation, the points of controversy with Rome.

The Allies agreed not to bomb Wittenberg, though there was fighting in the city, with bullet pock-marks visible on the statues of Luther and Melanchthon at the market square, or so the popular version of the city's history goes.

This prompted Melanchthon to call a meeting with Bucer and after lengthy discussions they agreed on nine theses, which they sent to Luther and to Strasbourg.

In discussions from 2 to 7 January 1539, Bucer and Witzel agreed to defer controversial points of doctrine, but Melanchthon withdrew, feeling that doctrinal unity was a prerequisite of a reform plan.

Secure of the imperial favor, he agreed to appear at the Diet of Regensburg in 1541, and his presence there contributed to the direction affairs took at the Regensburg religious colloquy, in which Melanchthon, Bucer, and Johann Pistorius the Elder represented the Protestant side.

Eck and Melanchthon battled four days over the topic of original sin and its consequences, and a formula was drafted to which both parties agreed, the Protestants with a reservation.

Osiander's divergence from Luther's doctrine of justification by faith involved him in a violent quarrel with Philip Melanchthon, who had adherents in Königsberg, and these theological disputes soon created an uproar in the town.

Notably, Dürer had contacts with various reformers, such as Zwingli, Andreas Karlstadt, Melanchthon, Erasmus and Cornelius Grapheus from whom Dürer received Luther's ' Babylonian Captivity ' in 1520.

Melanchthon and Johannes Brenz, with some other German Lutherans, actually started in 1552 on the journey to Trent.

Brenz offered a confession and Melanchthon, who got no farther than Nuremberg, took with him the Confessio Saxonica.

At the same time George maintained his correspondence with Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, discussing such questions as the evangelization of monasteries, the use of monastic property for evangelical purposes, and especially the foundation of lower schools for the people and of higher schools for the education of talented young men for the service of church and state.

He also exchanged cordial and supportive letters with many reformers, including Philipp Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger.

" A " Mixt " took elements from both Aristotle and Ramus ; Philippo-Ramists, who blended Melanchthon with Ramus, were a type of " Mixt "; " Systematics " were " Mixts " who followed Keckermann in a belief in system, as Alsted did.

Luther, along with his colleague Philipp Melanchthon, emphasized this point in his plea for the Reformation at the Reichstag in 1529 amid charges of heresy.

At a religious conference with the Zwinglians in 1529, Melanchthon joined with Luther in opposing a union with Zwingli.

Philipp Melanchthon ( February 16, 1497 – April 19, 1560 ), born Philipp Schwartzerdt, was a German 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.

Melanchthon discussed Bucer's views with the most prominent adherents of Luther ; but Luther himself would not agree to a mere veiling of the dispute.

Melanchthon's relation to Luther was not disturbed by his work as a mediator, although Luther for a time suspected that Melanchthon was " almost of the opinion of Zwingli "; nevertheless he desired to " share his heart with him.

He repulsed the attack of Cordatus in a letter to Luther and his other colleagues by stating that he had never departed from their common teachings on this subject, and in the Antinomian Controversy of 1537 Melanchthon was in harmony with Luther.

Melanchthon bore all accusations and calumnies with admirable patience, dignity, and self-control.

In his controversy on justification with Andreas Osiander Melanchthon satisfied all parties.

Melanchthon took part also in a controversy with Stancari, who held that Christ was our justification only according to his human nature.

Without Luther's influence Melanchthon would have been " a second Erasmus ," although his heart was filled with a deep religious interest in the Reformation.

On the other hand, Luther wrote of Melanchthon, in the preface to Melanchthon's Commentary on the Galatians ( 1529 ), " I had to fight with rabble and devils, for which reason my books are very warlike.

" However, it can not be denied that Luther was the more magnanimous, for however much he was at times dissatisfied with Melanchthon's actions, he never uttered a word against his private character ; but Melanchthon, on the other hand, sometimes evinced a lack of confidence in Luther.

In accordance with this idea Melanchthon tried to keep the traditional church constitution and government, including the bishops.

Melanchthon was impelled by Luther to work for the Reformation ; his own inclinations would have kept him a student.

The fundamental difference between Luther and Melanchthon lies not so much in the latter's ethical conception, as in his humanistic mode of thought which formed the basis of his theology and made him ready not only to acknowledge moral and religious truths outside of Christianity, but also to bring Christian truth into closer contact with them, and thus to mediate between Christian revelation and ancient philosophy.

In 1549 Languet went to Wittenberg, where he was kindly received by Melanchthon as a guest, frequently accompanying him on his travels and being on intimate terms with his friends.

The bitter feelings against him as the friend of Melanchthon and a Calvinist caused him to ask for dismissal from the court.

He lived long enough to experience the first over throw of Crypto-Calvinism in the Electorate of Saxony, and Paul Crell, his son-in-law, signed for him at Torgau in May 1574 the articles which repudiated Calvinism and acknowledged the unity of Luther and Melanchthon.

Melanchthon joined him in Bonn in May, and Caspar Hedio a month later, to help draft the document.

He told Melanchthon that his desire to reach the fontes juris led him to Biblical research, and hence to rejection of " the idolatry of Rome.

Melanchthon ( though a phrase in one of his letters has been strangely misconstrued ) never regarded him with theological suspicion.

He left no children ; but in later years his sister's grandson Philipp Melanchthon was like a son to him till the Reformation estranged them.

Shortly after Melanchthon drew up the 1527 Articles of Visitation in June, Agricola began to be aggressive toward him, but Martin Luther succeeded in smoothing out the difficulty at Torgau in December 1527.

Melanchthon wrote of him with venom as a renegade ( aluimus in sinu serpentem, " we have nourished a snake in our bosom ").

Henceforth, Góis travelled intensely ( Poland, Lithuania, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France, Italy ), entering into contact with a number of important figures, like Sebastian Münster, Erasmus ( who hosted him in Freiburg ), Ramusio, Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther.

He was the son of Michele Veranzio, a Latin poet, and the nephew of Antonio (), archbishop of Esztergom ( 1504 – 1573 ), a diplomat and a civil servant, who was in touch with Erasmus ( 1465 – 1536 ), Philipp Melanchthon ( 1497 – 1560 ), and Nikola Šubić Zrinski ( 1508 – 1566 ), who took Fausto with him during some of his travels through Hungary and in the Republic of Venice.

The beautiful pulpit erected for him in 1481 in the nave of the cathedral, when the chapel of Saint Lawrence had proved too small, still bears witness to the popularity he enjoyed as a preacher in the immediate sphere of his labors, and the testimonies of Sebastian Brant, Beatus Rhenanus, Johann Reuchlin, Philipp Melanchthon and others show how great had been the influence of his personal character.

Caro's fame was diminished because of the virulence with which he attacked Lodovico Castelvetro in one of his canzoni, and by his meanness for denouncing him to the Church for translating some of the writings of Philipp Melanchthon, and associate of Martin Luther.

Melanchthon admired young Ursinus for his intellectual gifts and his spiritual maturity, commending him to mentors throughout Europe.

Luther informed Philipp Melanchthon on September 15, 1530 that the Prince had personally visited him in the Coburg fortress and presented him with a signet ring, presumably displaying the seal.