Melanchthons Briefwechsel

Edited by Matthias Dall'Asta, Heidi Hein and Christine MundhenkMelanchthon followed the Diet of Speyer from Wittenberg. The Turks in Hungary and other trouble spots were causing a great deal of concern in Europe and overshadowed the everyday life of the Wittenberg professor. 369 letters and other documents show Melanchthon's manifold fields of activity, and he did in fact complain about the burden of all his tasks. The newly inflamed dispute about the Lord's Supper and tension with...
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Edited by Matthias Dall'Asta, Heidi Hein and Christine MundhenkMelanchthon followed the Diet of Speyer from Wittenberg. The Turks in Hungary and other trouble spots were causing a great deal of concern in Europe and overshadowed the everyday life of the Wittenberg professor. 369 letters and other documents show Melanchthon's manifold fields of activity, and he did in fact complain about the burden of all his tasks. The newly inflamed dispute about the Lord's Supper and tension with Luther made him think of leaving Wittenberg. In his private life, he was very distressed about his daughter Anna's unhappy marriage. He was deeply worried when she and her family moved to far away Konigsberg. Von Wittenberg aus verfolgt Melanchthon den Speyrer Reichstag. Die Turken in Ungarn und andere Krisenherde verbreiten eine gefahrliche Unruhe in Europa und uberschatten den Alltag des Wittenberger Professors. 369 Briefe und andere Schriftstucke dokumentieren die vielfaltigen Tatigkeitsbereiche Melanchthons, der uber die grosse Last der Aufgaben klagt. Der neu entflammte Abendmahlsstreit und Spannungen mit Luther lassen ihn an den Weggang aus Wittenberg denken. Privat bereitet ihm die ungluckliche Ehe seiner Tochter Anna grossen Kummer; zutiefst besorgt verfolgt er den Umzug ihrer Familie ins ferne Konigsberg.