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Christ in Song: Hymns of Immanuel

Preface and table of contents for Philip Schaff's 1868 Lyra Christologica: a curated hymn collection on Christ's person and work from ancient to modern sources for private devotion.
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History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3

Schaff's History (Vol. III, A.D. 311–590) surveys Christian art, church architecture and consecration, and outlines Trinitarian, Christological and Pelagian controversies.
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History of the Christian Church, Vol. 2

Preface and table of contents of Philip Schaff’s History of Ancient Christianity, Vol. II (A.D. 311–600), surveying church‑state relations, monasticism, hierarchy, councils and worship.
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Gregory the Theologian

Essays on the early Scottish Church and Gregory Nazianzen: contrasts Celtic and Latin Christianity; life, theology, asceticism, and patristic reflections on nature.
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The Genius and Theology of Augustine

Philip Schaff surveys St. Augustine's intellectual genius, theological system, and major writings. Emphasizes his doctrine of free redeeming grace, ecclesiology, and works like the Confessions.
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Greek and Latin Hymnology

Survey of Christian hymnology: traces hymn origins from the Psalms and New Testament songs through Greek, Syrian and Latin traditions to medieval and Protestant hymnody.
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The Monophysite Churches of the East

Survey of the Monophysite Eastern churches (Jacobites, Copts, Abyssinians, Armenians): history, Christological doctrines, rites, social condition, and Protestant missionary prospects.
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The Ecumenical Councils

Survey of the origin, development and authority of the ancient ecumenical councils (c.325–787), their hierarchical forms, oriental character, and the emperors' role in convoking and presiding.
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The Patristic Doctrine on the Eucharist

Reports on ministers' sustentation and public education's economic value. Main article surveys patristic views on the Eucharist—realistic, symbolic, and spiritual interpretations.
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The Development of the Ancient Catholic Hierarchy

Historical survey tracing how apostolic church governance evolved into metropolitan, patriarchal, and papal hierarchies and the clergy–laity distinction. Examines elections, abuses, and shifting authority in East and West.
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The Hagiology and Hagiolatry of Romanism

Two 1865 essays: one surveys explanations of Christ’s first miracle and how believers should treat New Testament miracles. The other traces and critiques Roman Catholic saint‑veneration as idolatrous historical development.
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Lange’s Theological and Homiletical Commentary

Review lauds John P. Lange’s comprehensive critical, doctrinal, and homiletical commentary—rooted in German scholarship—and its English translation and editorial project.
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The Donatist Controversy

Overview of the Donatist schism in North Africa: rigorist separatism vs. catholic unity, Constantine's interventions, and Augustine's defense of the church's catholicity and sacramental validity.
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St. Jerome

Study of St. Jerome: his life, scholarship, Bible translation, asceticism, and influence on monasticism, with discussion of controversies and biographical sources.
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