Humanist, philologist, educator and close friend of Luther. His Loci communes was the first systematic statement of the Lutheran Reformation, and created a new genre in theological literature.

1518 – Arrives at Wittenberg
1529 – At the Diet of Speyer, Melanchthon began to serve as Luther’s mouthpiece, as Luther was still an outlaw under the ban.
1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg, he wrote in their final form both the Latin and German versions of the Augsburg Confession.
1560 – When Melanchthon died, his body was placed next to Luther’s in the Castle Church.