Noting that while “[i]n the great Reformation of the sixteenth century, [Philip Melanchthon’s] work stands second to that of Luther alone,” Joseph Stump observes that “the life of so distinguished a servant of God as Melanchthon deserves to be better known to the general reader than it actually is.” This study of Melanchthon’s life and thought was compiled to bridge that gap, offered in tribute to the 400th anniversary of his birth. In this volume Stump presents “a brief but sufficiently comprehensive life of Melanchthon,” in a highly readable form that works chronologically and includes images of important people and places.