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title: 'The Closing Century of the Middle Ages: An Inaugural Address'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'David Schley Schaff'
date: 1904-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Church History'
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Education'
scriptures:
- 'Ephesians 3'
- 'Ezekiel 37'
- 'Matthew 16'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/schaff-1904-the-closing-century-of-the-middle-ages-an-inaugural-address
---

# The Closing Century of the Middle Ages: An Inaugural Address

Inaugural address by David S. Schaff on the duties and method of a professor of Church History, emphasizing Christianity as historical and the importance of teaching history for ministry.

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