KURZE FRAGEN UEBER DIE CHRISTLICHE GLAUBENS-LEHRE. NACH HEIL. SCHRIFT- ZEUGNISS BEANTWORTET UND BEWÄHRET. DEN CHRISTLICHEN GLAUBENS-SCHÜLERN ZU EINEM ANFÄNGLICHEN UNTERRICHT NÜTZLICH ZU GEBRAUCHEN.
Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Carl Cist, in der Zweyten-strasse, 1784. [10], 140pp. Original calf with raised spine bands. Light scattered foxing. Very Good.
Christoph Schulz [a/k/a Christopher Schultz] [1718-1789] was born in Silesia, Germany; his parents were well-to-do farmers and followers of the Schwenkfelder religion based on the teachings of the German Protestant Reformer Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig [1489-1561]. The Schwenkfelders were severely persecuted in Silesia by the Catholics, and many of them fled to the United States. Schulz's family were with a group who fled to Pennsylvania in the 1730s.
Schulz was a devout follower of the Schwenkfelder religion and one of the leaders in promoting its religious body in Pennsylvania. He was chosen to prepare this catechism at a general conference held in 1762; the first printing was issued in 1763 under title: Catechismus, oder Anfänglicher Unterricht Christlicher Glaubens-Lehre. This 1784 is a second edition of that work with a variation of the title. ["Christopher Schultz," THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN: A POPULAR MAGAZINE OF BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY..., VOLUME 11, JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1910. Pages 649-58.]
Evans 18779. Arndt 610. Item #10983
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