Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819 – October 20, 1893) was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and ecclesiastical historian, who spent most of ...

Schaff was born in Chur, Switzerland and was educated at the gymnasium of Stuttgartt, and at the universities of Tubingen, Halle and Berlin.

22 nov. 2024 · Philip Schaff was a Swiss-born American ecumenical leader and theologian whose works, especially the Creeds of Christendom (1877), ...

Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819 – October 20, 1893), was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and a Church historian who spent most of his adult ...

Along the way, he founded the discipline of American church history. Born in Chur, Switzerland, on New Year's Day in 1819, Schaff had a difficult childhood. He ...

Philip Schaff taught at the German Reformed Theological Seminary in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Philip Schaff is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.

Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819 – October 20, 1893), was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and a Church historian who spent most of his ...

7 sept. 2024 · Swiss-born, German-educated theologian and a historian of the Christian church, who, after his education, lived and taught in the United States.

Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church excels at providing an impressive and instructive historical treatment of the Christian church.

“The history of the church is the rise and progress of the kingdom of heaven upon earth, for the glory of God and the salvation of the world.”