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ON THIS DAY in REFORMATION HISTORY
16 February 1497 – German Reformer, Philipp Melanchthon was born in Bretten, Saxony. When Philipp Melanchthon delivered his first lecture at the University of Wittenberg in 1518, Dr. Martin Luther was impressed. Melanchthon was the new Professor of Greek, and although he stuttered during his presentation, his call for theologians to go “back to the sources, back to the Holy Scriptures” echoed the convictions of Luther’s heart.
Melanchthon became an invaluable support to Luther’s Reformation work. He accompanied Luther to the Leipzig debate in 1519. In 1521, Melanchthon published Loci Communes. This was the first structured presentation of Reformation doctrine and it became a standard textbook for Lutheran theology for over a century. Melanchthon was the leading theological figure at the Diet of Augsburg, 1530. Melanchthon wrote and read out the Augsburg Confession before the Emperor Charles V. Luther stated that without Melanchthon’s methodological skills, much of his own work would have been lost. Melanchthon’s extensive efforts to reform, establish and develop schools and colleges earned him the title: “The Teacher of Germany”.
16 February 1519 – Gaspard de Coligny was born in France. He became a great French soldier and prominent Protestant leader. He was one of the first Huguenot victims of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. His daughter Louise, married Prince William of Orange, the Father of Dutch liberties.
This Day by Day Calendar of the Reformation is taken from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book, The Greatest Century of Reformation (288 pages, over 200 historic pictures and maps, 20 chapters and 16 appendices) available from Christian Liberty Books, PO Box 358, Howard Place 7450, Cape Town, South Africa, Tel: 021-689-7478, Fax: 086-551-7490, Email: admin@christianlibertybooks.
co.za and Website: http://www.christianlibertybooks.co. za. Dr. Peter Hammond
Christian Action Network
P O Box 23632 Claremont 7735
Cape Town South Africa
info@christianaction.org.za
http://www.christianaction.org.za
http://www.ReformationSA.org
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