The Essential Writings of Philip Schaff
Historical Christian Theology, Church History, Creeds, and the Development of Christian DoctrineBy Philip Schaff
Length458h 18m
About this audiobook
The Essential Writings of Philip Schaff gathers representative selections from one of the nineteenth century's most influential historians of Christianity, presenting his reflections on church history, Christian doctrine, the Reformation, the creeds, and the relationship between faith and modern culture. Schaff's prose combines documentary breadth with theological conviction: it is learned yet pastoral, attentive to historical development while seeking the underlying unity of the Christian tradition. The volume situates his work within the liberal Protestant and ecumenical currents of Victorian religious scholarship, revealing a method that joins rigorous historical criticism to an explicitly constructive vision of the church. As an anthology, it offers a concise introduction to the major concerns and literary achievement of a scholar whose historical narratives helped shape modern Christian historiography. Born in Switzerland and educated in the German theological tradition, Philip Schaff (1819–1893) became a leading American church historian after emigrating to the United States. His teaching and writing were marked by a sustained effort to reconcile European scholarship, American Protestantism, and the catholic breadth of Christianity. His involvement in ecumenical projects, including the Christian Classics Ethereal Library tradition and major documentary enterprises, encouraged his conviction that historical understanding could serve ecclesial renewal. These commitments illuminate both the scope and the irenic character of the selections presented here. This collection is especially recommended to readers seeking an accessible entrance into Schaff's thought, as well as to students of church history, historical theology, and nineteenth-century religious intellectual life. It rewards close reading by showing how scholarship can become an instrument of theological interpretation without abandoning historical seriousness. Readers interested in the development of ecumenism and modern Christian historiography will find it particularly valuable.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length458 hrs 18 mins
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Publish dateAug 3, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of the Christian Church According to Eusebius & Philip Schaff (Annotated)
2History of the Christian Church
3Volume 1 – APOSTLIC CHRISTIANITY
4PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
5FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
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6PREFACE TO THIRD REVISION
7GENERAL INTRODUCTION
8Literature
9§ 1. Nature of Church History.
10§ 2. Branches of Church History.
11§ 3. Sources of Church History.
12§ 4. Periods of Church History.
13§ 5. Uses of Church History.
14§ 6. Duty of the Historian.
15§ 7. Literature of Church History.
16ADDENDA
17FIRST PERIOD THE CHURCH UNDER THE APOSTLES FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE DEATH OF ST. JOHN, A.D. 1–100
18CHAPTER I. PREPARATION FOR CHRISTIANITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH AND HEATHEN WORLD.
19Literature.
20§ 8. Central Position of Christ in the History of the World.
21§ 9. Judaism.
22§ 10. The Law, and the Prophecy.
23§ 11. Heathenism.
24§ 12. Grecian Literature, and the Roman Empire.
25§ 13. Judaism and Heathenism in Contact.
26CHAPTER II. JESUS CHRIST.
27§ 14. Sources and Literature.
28§ 15. The Founder of Christianity.
29§ 16. Chronology of the Life of Christ.
30§ 17. The Land and the People.
31§ 18. Apocryphal Traditions.
32§ 19. The Resurrection of Christ.
33CHAPTER III. THE APOSTOLIC AGE
34§ 20. Sources and Literature of the Apostolic Age.
35§ 21. General Character of the Apostolic Age.
36§ 22. The Critical Reconstruction of the History of the Apostolic Age.
37§ 23. Chronology of the Apostolic Age.
38CHAPTER IV. ST. PETER AND THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS
39§ 24. The Miracle of Pentecost and the Birthday of the Christian Church. a.d. 30.
40§ 25. The Church of Jerusalem and the Labors of Peter.
41§ 26. The Peter of History and the Peter of Fiction.
42§ 27. James the Brother of the Lord.
43§ 28. Preparation for the Mission to the Gentiles.
44CHAPTER V. ST. PAUL AND THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES.
45§ 29. Sources and Literature on St. Paul and his Work.
46§ 30. Paul before his Conversion.
47§ 31. The Conversion of Paul.
48§ 32. The Work of Paul.
49§ 33. Paul’s Missionary Labors.
50§ 34. The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Compromise between Jewish and Gentile Christianity.
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