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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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  • Cover of: Die Person Jesu Christi: eine apologetische abhandlung nebst einer Sammlung von Zeugnissen der Gegner

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    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
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Swiss-born, American theologian and ecclesiastical historian (1819–1893)

Born January 1, 1819
Died October 20, 1893

Subjects

Church history, Early Christian literature, Bible, Fathers of the church, Reformed Church, History, Creeds, History and criticism, Catechisms, Theology, Hymns, Person and offices, Religion, Versions, Commentaries, Freedom of religion, German Hymns, Littérature chrétienne primitive, Apostolic Fathers, Pères de l'Église, Dictionaries, Doctrinal Theology, Reformation, Revised, Protestantism

Places

United States, Germany, Egypt, Middle East, Palestine, Great Britain, Italy, Sinai (Egypt), Switzerland, Vatican City

People

Jesus Christ, Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo, August Neander (1789-1850), Ernest Renan (1823-1892), Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), James Brother of the Lord, Saint, Jean Calvin (1509-1564), Philip Schaff (1819-1893), Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430), Charles A. Briggs (1841-1913), Francesco Spira (-1548), H. Oort (1836-1927), James Saint, Son of Alphaeus, James the Lesser, Saint, John Chrysostom Saint (d. 407), Martin Luther (1483-1546), Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), Schaaf family, Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)

Time

Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, 19th century, Early church, ca. 30-600, Primitive and early church, approximately 30-600, 16th century, 1783-1865, Civil War, 1861-1865, 17th century, 20th century, Early church, approximately 30-600, Middle Ages, 600-1500

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September 26, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
February 10, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author bio and photo
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