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In this dissertation I would like to present an extract from Philipp Melanchthon's work Catechesis puerilis. I translated part of the work from Latin into Hungarian. The work, Catechesis puerilis, is quite distinct from Martin Luther's well-known Small Catechism. However, their objective is the same: to teach the knowledge of the Christian faith. Philipp Melanchthon begins the catechesis with a grammar lesson for school-age children. I have divided my dissertation into five major units. The first part is about the life of Philipp Melanchthon. I will briefly talk about his childhood, his school years, and then about his personality, his family and his family life. I am interested in what Melanchthon was like as a child, who were the people who helped him, who took him in, so to speak. In the second part I talk about Melanchthon as a teacher. I was curious to know what Melanchthon was like as a teacher.

Olvastam egykor, hogy Bethlen Gábor erdélyi fejedelem nagy bibliaolvasó volt. Ha jól emlékszem, életében legalább hússzor végigolvasta az egész Bibliát! Aki ezt meg tudta tenni, annak nagyon hűségesen és kitartóan kellett Bibliát olvasnia. Hogy az átlagos magyar hívők és családok – ha egyáltalán léteznek „átlagos” magyarok – milyen hűségesen és kitartóan olvassák a Bibliát, azt mostanig nem tudtam igazán megismerni. De nagyon kíváncsi vagyok rá.