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Wikipedia: Philipp Melanchthon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Melanchthon
Biography and accomplishments.
The Phillip Melanchthon Quinquennial
Biography and background commemorating the 500th anniversary (1997) of the Reformer's birth.
The Contributions of Philipp Melancthon
http://www.elcm.org/theology/presentationmelancthon.html
Extensive article about one man's attempt to understand the reformer in his context. Includes biography, examination of his Loci Communes Theologici and Romans Commentary, and his place in the Book of Concord.
Project Wittenberg: Philip Melanchthon
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-melan.html
Etexts including the his "History of the Life" and "Acts of Martin Luther" in English and Latin, the Augsburg Confession, and links to other works and evaluations of the reformer.
Philipp Melanchthon and Education
http://spindleworks.com/library/rfaber/melanchton_edu.htm
Deals especially with his influence on German schools and on his impact on the substance and methodology of Reformed schools.
People in Luther's Environment: Philipp Melanchthon
http://www.luther.de/en/themen/melanch.html
Includes a brief biography, picture, and timeline.
Melanchthon, Philipp. Paulus Spricht zu den Colossern (Paul Speaks to the Colossians)
http://www.pitts.emory.edu/Archives/text/mss115.html
Includes a brief biography, and a transcription of a meditation from a manuscript dated 1551.
Internet Archive: Philip Melancthon: The Wittemberg Professor and Theologian of the Reformation
http://www.archive.org/details/philopmelancthon00deanuoft/
E-text of 1890 biography by David J. Deane, a popular introduction written for the general reader.
Internet Archive: Philip Melanchthon, the Protestant Preceptor of Germany
http://www.archive.org/details/philipmelanchtho00richuoft/
E-text of 1898 work by James William Richard.
Internet Archive: Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560
http://www.archive.org/details/philipmelanchtho00wilsrich/
E-text of 1897 work by George Wilson for the London Religious Tract Society.
Internet Archive: Life of Philip Melanchthon
http://www.archive.org/details/lifeofphilipmelan00stum/
E-text of 1897 biography by Joseph Stump with numerous woodcut illustrations.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Philipp Melancthon
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10151a.htm
Extensive article, informative but anti-Lutheran. Thorough examination of his humanism and his contributions to western educational theory and practice.
Augsburg Confession (1530)
http://www.ctsfw.edu/etext/boc/ac/
Written by the reformer on behalf of Luther and the Evangelical leaders, dealing with similarities and differences between the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran party.
Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1531)
http://www.ctsfw.edu/etext/boc/ap/
The reformer's response to the Roman Catholic Confutation, a critique of the original Lutheran statement of belief.