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Philip Schaff was a historian and theologian, born on January 1, 1819, and died on October 20, 1893. His research focused on the history of religion and Christian theology, which had a profound impact on later generations.

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“If Christians are ever to be united, they must be united in Christ, their living head and the source of their spiritual life.”

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Author:Philip Schaff

“The resurrection of Christ is therefore emphatically a test question upon which depends the truth or falsehood of the Christian religion. It is either the greatest miracle or the greatest delusion which history records.”

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Book:The History of the Christian Church (Complete)

Source: The History of the Christian Church (Complete)

“Without His Resurrection the death of Christ would be of no avail, and His grave would be the grave of all our hopes. A gospel of a dead Savior would be a miserable failure and delusion. The Resurrection is the victory of righteousness and life over sin an death.”

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“To give up faith in Christ is to give up faith in humanity; to believe in Christ is to believe in the redeption and final glorification of men; and this faith is the best inspiration to a holy and useful life for the good of our race of the glory of God.”

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Book:The Person of Christ: The Perfection of His Humanity Viewed as a Proof of His Divinity

Source: The Person of Christ: The Perfection of His Humanity Viewed as a Proof of His Divinity

“The person of Christ is to me the greatest and surest of all facts.”

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Book:The person of Christ: the miracle of history, with a reply to Strauss and Renan, and a collection of testimonies of unbelievers

Source: The person of Christ: the miracle of history, with a reply to Strauss and Renan, and a collection of testimonies of unbelievers

“Jesus Christ is the beginning, the middle, and the end of all. In the Gospels he walks in human form upon the earth, and accomplishes the work of redemption.”

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Book:From the birth of Christ to the reign of Constantine, A.D. 1-311

Source: From the birth of Christ to the reign of Constantine, A.D. 1-311

“Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise.”

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Book:The History of the Christian Church (Complete)

Source: The History of the Christian Church (Complete)