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Christian feast day: Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
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Philip Melanchthon
German Lutheran reformer and theologian (1497–1560)
Philip Melanchthon was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential designer of educational systems.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Largest Lutheran denomination in the United States
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. As of December 31, 2024, it has approximately 2.68 million…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)