SCHAFF, PHILIP


Meaning of SCHAFF, PHILIP in English

(1819-1893) Swiss theologian and church historian; unsuccessfully accused of heresy; taught at Union (NY); wrote 1. History of the Christian Church (8 vol), 2. Creeds of Christendom (3 vol); edited 3. Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge .

Theological and philosophical biography English dict.      Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии .