Philip Schaff: Select Works on Religious Liberty (2 vols.)

by Philip Schaff; W. E. Gladstone

Publishers:

Charles Scribner’s Sons; Harper & Brothers

, 1875–1889

Overview

Philip Schaff revolutionized church historiography in America with his broad view of the church and vivid historical narratives. In these works, the great historian delves into the tumultuous relationship between the church and state throughout history.

Schaff’s The Progress of Religious Freedom “traces the progress of Christianity in its relation to the state from persecution to toleration, and from toleration to freedom,” from Constantine’s Edict of Milan to the American Constitution. In the second work—a joint effort with British prime minister William Gladstone—Schaff digs into the First Vatican Council and the politics of papal infallibility, discussing its implications in and outside the Church.

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Key Features

• Analyzes the progress of religious freedom in the Western world
• Provides insight into church-state relationships in the late nineteenth century
• Includes a treatise on the political implications of the First Vatican Council from William Gladstone

Product Details

• Title: Philip Schaff: Select Works on Religious Liberty
• Author: Philip Schaff
• Volumes: 2
• Pages: 341
• Christian Group: Reformed
• Resource Type: Monographs
• Topic: Political Philosophy; Church History

About the Authors

Philip Schaff (1819–1893) was a distinguished church historian who had an enormous influence on German Reformed churches in America. He was educated at Tübingen, Halle, and Berlin, and was professor of church history and biblical literature at German Reformed Theological Seminary in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. When the Civil War forced the seminary to close, Schaff moved to Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Among his most impactful works are History of the Christian Church (8 vols.), The Creeds of Christendom (3 vols.), and The Principal of Protestantism.

William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) was a British Liberal politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom four separate times between 1868 and 1894, also serving as chancellor of exchequer four times. He earned the nickname “the people’s William” for his commitment to low public spending and electoral reform, and was referred to by his supporters as the GOM (Grand Old Man). He resigned from his final term as prime minister when he was 84 years old. He was renowned for his oratory and his fierce rivalry with Conservative Benjamin Disraeli, who referred to Gladstone alternatively as “God’s only mistake” (GOM).