Excerpt from Philip Melancthon: The Wittemberg Professor and Theologian of the Reformation The intimate friend and companion of Martin Luther for a period of nearly twenty - eight years is, for that fact alone, worthy of a place in the biographical literature of the present day; and when, in addition, that friend is found to be a man of most eminent learning, of great worth and exalted piety, and one who exerted an influence upon the great Protestant Reformation second only to Luther himself, no apology is needed for placing a record of his life and times before the Christian public of the present day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.