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Philip Schaff

Philip Schaff, was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and a Church historian who spent most of his adult life living and teaching in the United States.

Schaff was born in Chur, Switzerland, and educated at the gymnasium of Stuttgart. At the universities of Tübingen, Halle and Berlin, he was successively influenced by Ferdinand Christian Baur and Schmid, by Friedrich August Tholuck and Julius Müller, by David Strauss and, above all, Johann August Wilhelm Neander. At Berlin in 1841 he took the degree of Bachelor of Divinity and passed examinations for a professorship. He then traveled through Italy and Sicily as tutor to Baron Krischer. In 1842, he was Privatdozent in the University of Berlin, where he lectured on exegesis and church history. In 1843, he was called to become Professor of Church History and Biblical Literature in the German Reformed Theological Seminary of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, then the only seminary of that church in America.

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Swiss-born, American theologian and ecclesiastical historian (1819–1893)

Born	January 1, 1819
Died	October 20, 1893

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History of the Christian church.

by Philip Schaff
First published in 1859 — 26 editions
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Nicene and post-Nicene fathers.

by Augustine of Hippo, Philip Schaff, Richard N. Longenecker, and Mark Water First published in 1886 — 16 editions
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NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS: Second Series, Volume XIV The Seven Ecumenical Councils

by Philip Schaff First published in 1954 — 16 editions

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New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge

by Johann Jakob Herzog and Philip Schaff First published in 2017 — 15 editions

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The Creeds Of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes: Volume 3: The Evangelical Protestant creeds, with translations

by Philip Schaff
First published in 1877 — 14 editions
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The new Schaff-Herzog encyclopedia of religious knowledge...

by Philip Schaff First published in 1908 — 13 editions

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A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: [first Series

by Saint John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff, and Saint Augustine First published in 2015 — 8 editions

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American Church History Series: A History of the Presbyterian Churches, by R. E. Thompson

by Henry Codman Potter, Philip Schaff, and Samuel MacAuley Jackson First published in 2015 — 7 editions

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The Creeds of Christendom: with a History and Critical Notes

by Philip Schaff First published in 2009 — 7 editions

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A Select library of Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: Second series

by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace First published in 1890 — 7 editions

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Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church : St. Augustin: Expositions on the Book of Psalms

by Philip Schaff, Augustine of Hippo, and Saint John Chrysostom First published in 2018 — 6 editions

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Saint Augustin, Melanchthon, Neander: three biographies

by Philip Schaff
First published in 1886 — 6 editions
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Christ in song: hymns of Immanuel

by Philip Schaff
First published in 1868 — 6 editions
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History of the Christian Church: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity from Constantine the Great to Gregory the Great, A. D. 311-600, 3d Rev

by Philip Schaff and David Schley Schaff First published in 2018 — 5 editions

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Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: The Confessions and Letters of St. Augustin, with a Sketch of His Life and Work

by Saint John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff, and Saint Augustine First published in 2018 — 5 editions

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Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: Leo the Great. Gregory the Great. 1895

by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace First published in 2018 — 5 editions

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Church and state in the United States: or, The American idea of religious liberty and its practical effects, with official documents

by Philip Schaff
First published in 1888 — 5 editions
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A companion to the Greek Testament and the English version.

by Philip Schaff
First published in 1883 — 5 editions
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Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers: a select library of the Christian church

by Philip Schaff and Augustine of Hippo First published in 1887 — 5 editions
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The Person Of Christ: the miracle of history, with a reply to Strauss and Renan, and a collection of testimonies of unbelievers

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First published in 1865 — 5 editions
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Swiss-born, American theologian and ecclesiastical historian (1819–1893)

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Died	October 20, 1893

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OLID: OL536714A
ISNI: 0000000109071479
Library of Congress Names: n79073670
LibriVox: 6784
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV071238
VIAF: 61584042
Wikidata: Q115922
Inventaire.io: wd:Q115922

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