Thursday, January 1, 2015

1 January 1819 A.D. Philip Schaff Born—German Reformed Church


1 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

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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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