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Melanchthon

American  
[muh-langk-thuhn, mey-lahnkh-tawn] / məˈlæŋk θən, meɪˈlɑnx tɔn /

noun

  1. Philipp Philipp Schwarzert, 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.

Melanchthon British  
/ meˈlançtɔn, məˈlæŋkθən /

noun

  1. Philipp (ˈfiːlɪp). original surname Schwarzerd. 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer. His Loci Communes (1521) was the first systematic presentation of Protestant theology and in the Augsburg Confession (1530) he stated the faith of the Lutheran churches. He also reformed the German educational system

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