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Melanchthon Melanchthon and the formation

The 2010 proclaimed by the Evangelical Church of Melanchthon year - and also the year of education. For Philipp Melanchthon is known as the "Teacher of Germany", his dignity title. He was the second major addition to Wittenberg reformer Martin Luther. 450 years before he died. He represented the humanistic idea that man has the ability to form and develop. He gave a powerful impetus to establish schools.

"Who founded schools and maintains the sciences, cares about his people and all generations deserve better than when he found a new silver or gold veins," he expressed his conviction. Two hundred years before the introduction of universal Compulsory education, he called them already for boys and girls. So he set up the curriculum, issued textbooks and fought for education reform.

from the new Protestant faith was the impetus for Melanchthon's commitment. Martin Luther spoke of the "Freedom of a Christian". For freedom is the ability to think through the faith also. Otherwise we would be doomed to only parroting what prompt another. That would be no freedom, but dependence. Every woman and every man should own profess the Christian faith in God and affirm the commitment to Jesus Christ. Mature believers should be. The prerequisite was that everyone read the Bible themselves could. And everyone should be formed so that it's Small Catechism, the Confession for everyday use, not only knew by heart, but was able to pass it. Language capability in faith to be, that was the goal. The basis for this was an education for all and not just for the few who could afford it.

Today we talk a lot of "educational justice". We have recognized that we all go to school, does not mean that we all have equal chance to make their facilities accordingly. There is a lack of opportunities of targeted and free individual support. This claim, means to update the educational demands of the Reformation.

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