The complete online text of Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Philipp Melanchthon.

The German scholar and humanist Philip Melancthon (1497-1560) was the chief systematic theologian of the early Reformation and principal author of the famous Augsburg Confession of 1530. Philip Melancthon was born Philip Schwartzerd at Bretten in Swabia,...

Philipp Melanchthon, who received his Greek last name--a translation of his real name, Schwartzerd (Black Earth)from his early mentor and distant relative Johann Reuchlin, is now chiefly known as one of the German Reformers, a close associate of Martin L...