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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.

Elkészítettem írásaimnak jegyzékét, azért is, hogy lássam, mi mindent írtam össze (vissza), azért is, hátha valaki hasznát veszi. Absolon még életében emlékoszlopot állított magának, hogy nevének emlékezete fennmaradjon (2Sám 18,18). Noha én jó lelkiismerettel állítom, hogy nem akarok kérkedni, mert tudom, hogy egy bibliográfia kívülről nagyon mutatós, de az írások tartalma mindig szerényebb, ebben nem az én lelkiismeretem a bíró, hanem az, aki ismeri még gondolataimat is. A kronologikus rendbe szedett jegyzék minden írásomat tartalmazza 1960-tól kezdve, függetlenül attól, hogy nyomtatásban megjelent vagy sem.

Melanchton is usually considered as both a Humanist and a Reformer. Many of the books and studies written about him present him as a theologian. It is also worthwhile studying the Humanist intellectual components of his personality, since, after all, a great proportion of his works are ones which present him as a deep thinking, through intellectual, writing with sublime eloquence.