The Life of Philip Melanchthon: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life of Philip Melanchthon, credited to Karl Friedrich Ledderhose, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Life of Philip Melanchthon by Karl Friedrich Ledderhose. (Translated by Gottlob Frederick Krotel.) Read in English by Larry Wilson; Ruth P.; Ruthema; Steve Mayer; Hopeforce1; Bill Mosley; Rutherford Osborn; SlametHarris; Michelle Hannah; Andrew Gaunce; TriciaG; Ahikam Devadason Philip Melanchthon (1497 – 1560) is best known as the theologian of the Protestant Reformation, systematizing and defending much of Martin Luther’s works and creating an educational system based on them. He was instrumental in the writing of the Augsburg Confession, the most influential document of the Reformation. Melanchthon and Luther, of different temperaments, did not always agree but respected each other and became a formidable spearhead for the Reformation. Karl Ledderhose here provides a comprehensive biography of Melanchthon including his principle ideas and activities, so it also serves as a history of many important aspects of the Reformation. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life of Philip Melanchthon
• Author credits: Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 46
• Combined MP3 track duration: 12:32:17

Catalogue topics

• Martin Luther
• theology
• protestantism
• Reformation
• augsburg
• wittenberg
• marburg
• smalkald

Opening tracks: first 24 of 46

1. 00 - Prefaces — 6:52
2. 01 - His Youth — 16:30
3. 02 - The University — 12:31
4. 03 - His Debut in Wittenberg, and at the Leipzig Disputation — 11:46
5. 04 - Building and Fighting — 10:49
6. 05 - Melanchthon without Luther — 19:47
7. 06 - Labors, Recreation, and Trouble — 13:02
8. 07 - The War of the Peasants — 14:19
9. 08 - His Labors for the Church and Schools — 14:12
10. 09 - The Diet of Spire — 9:36
11. 10 - The Conference at Marburg — 20:05
12. 11 - The Diet of Augsburg Part I — 20:55
13. 12 - The Diet of Augsburg Part II — 18:18
14. 13 - The Diet of Augsburg Part III — 18:05
15. 14 - The Diet of Augsburg Part IV — 16:18
16. 15 - The Position of the Evangelical Party after the Diet of Augsburg — 13:34
17. 16 - The Kings of France and England, and Melanchthon — 17:10
18. 17 - The Wittenberg Form of Concord — 19:35
19. 18 - Recreation and Trouble — 18:55
20. 19 - The Convention at Smalkald — 14:36
21. 20 - The Assembly of the Princes at Frankfort, and the Victories of the Reformation — 18:13
22. 21 - Help in a Dangerous Illness — 18:22
23. 22 - Conflicts in the Evangelical Camp — 14:05
24. 23 - Worms and Ratisbon Part I — 18:39

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