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January 1819 A.D. Philip Schaff Born—German Reformed
Church
Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Schaff’s 8-volume History of the Church is a must-have/must-read. It is available here: http://www.amazon.com/History-Christian-Church-8-vols/dp/156563196X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403811549&sr=8-2&keywords=philip+schaff+history+of+the+christian+church
Mr. Schaff’s 3-volume Creeds
of Christendom is another must-have/must-digest set. It is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Creeds-Christendom-Volumes-Philip-Schaff/dp/0801082323/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403812171&sr=8-1&keywords=philip+schaff+creeds+of+christendom
The blurb below got the date wrong. Mr. Schaff was born in 1819.
Philip Schaff (1811 to 1893)
German Reformed Church
Church history wouldn't be the same
Birth of Philip Schaff, American
church historian and scholar, at Chur, Switzerland. Coming to America in 1843,
he became an outstanding leader in the German Reformed Church. His ecumenical
leanings gave him opportunity to rise in religious stature, teaching at
Mercerberg Seminary (Pennsylvania), a member of the faculty of Union Theological
Seminary, chairman of the American Bible Revision Committee, etc In 1865, he
was the English editor of J. P. Lange's Commentary on Scripture; from 1858 to
92, he produced his most famous work, the eight-volume History of
the Christian Church, and in 1877, his three-volume The Creeds of
Christendom. He died in New York
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