Real-Encyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche

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The Real-Encyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche is a significant theological reference work compiled and edited by Johann Jakob Herzog. This multi-volume encyclopedia, published between 1854 and 1868, served as a standard resource for Protestant theology and church history. It was later abridged and published in English as The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Specialized encyclopedias like this one were often created with a specific purpose, in this case, to provide comprehensive scholarly information within the realm of Protestant theology.12

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…first great encyclopaedia with his Real-Encyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche (1854–68; “Encyclopaedia of the Protestant Theology and Church”). Philip Schaff, a Swiss-born American church historian, prepared the abridged English edition (1882–84) from which The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge stems. James Hastings, a Scottish clergyman, was responsible for…
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…first great encyclopaedia with his Real-Encyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche (1854–68; “Encyclopaedia of the Protestant Theology and Church”). Philip Schaff, a Swiss-born American church historian, prepared the abridged English edition (1882–84) from which The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge stems. James Hastings, a Scottish clergyman, was responsible for…
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