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The Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge is a religious encyclopedia
Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia is a comprehensive written compendium that holds information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
 (1st edition 1882-84; 3rd edition 1891; new edition published in thirteen volumes 1908-14). It focuses on Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 from a primarily Protestant
Protestantism

Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
 point of view.

Edited by the Reverend Philip Schaff
Philip Schaff

Philip Schaff , was a Swiss-born, Germany-educated Protestant theology and a historian of the Christianity Christian Church, who, after his education, lived and taught in the United States....
 (1819-1893) in its English language version, it was based on editions of the Realencyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche founded by Johann Jakob Herzog
Johann Jakob Herzog

Johann Jakob Herzog , Germany Protestant theology, was born at Basel.He studied at Basel and Humboldt University, and eventually settled at university of Erlangen as professor of church history....
 (1805-1882).






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The Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge is a religious encyclopedia
Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia is a comprehensive written compendium that holds information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
 (1st edition 1882-84; 3rd edition 1891; new edition published in thirteen volumes 1908-14). It focuses on Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 from a primarily Protestant
Protestantism

Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
 point of view.

Edited by the Reverend Philip Schaff
Philip Schaff

Philip Schaff , was a Swiss-born, Germany-educated Protestant theology and a historian of the Christianity Christian Church, who, after his education, lived and taught in the United States....
 (1819-1893) in its English language version, it was based on editions of the Realencyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche founded by Johann Jakob Herzog
Johann Jakob Herzog

Johann Jakob Herzog , Germany Protestant theology, was born at Basel.He studied at Basel and Humboldt University, and eventually settled at university of Erlangen as professor of church history....
 (1805-1882). The new edition was a substantial update on the earlier text, being based throughout on the 3rd edition of the Realencyklopädie, edited by Albert Hauck.

As of 2004, the 1914 text is in the public domain
Public domain

File:PD-icon.svgThe public domain is a range of abstract materials?commonly referred to as intellectual property?which are not owned or controlled by anyone....
 (and thus can be incorporated into any other work). The Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Christian Classics Ethereal Library

The Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a digital library that provides free electronic copies of Christianity scripture and literature books....
 has digitised the work, and made it available to be read online. Logos Bible Software
Logos Bible Software

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 is also undertaking a digitization project of the work.

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