Johann Jakob Herzog (12 September 1805,

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– 30 September 1882,

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), was a Swiss-German Protestant

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

. Herzog studied theology at the

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universit ...

and

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, earning his doctorate at the

in 1830. In 1835-1846 he was a professor of historical theology at the Academy in Lausanne. Afterwards he served as a professor in Halle, and eventually (1854), he settled at

as a professor of

church history __NOTOC__ Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritua ...

. Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz
biography Herzog is remembered for his writings on the history of the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

(

Zwingli Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland, born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system. He attended the Univ ...

, John Calvin,

Johannes Oecolampadius Johannes Oecolampadius (also ''Œcolampadius'', in German also Oekolampadius, Oekolampad; 1482 – 24 November 1531) was a German Protestant reformer in the Calvinist tradition from the Electoral Palatinate. He was the leader of the Protestant ...

), and for his studies of the

Waldensian Church The Waldensian Evangelical Church (''Chiesa Evangelica Valdese'', CEV) is a Protestant denomination active in Italy and Switzerland that was independent until it united with the Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy in the Union of Methodist and ...

. Herzog was author of the "'' Real-Encyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche''" (1853–1868, 22 volumes), of which a new edition, in collaboration with Gustav Leopold Plitt and

Albert Hauck Albert Heinrich Friedrich Stephan Ernst Louis Hauck (9 December 1845, Wassertrüdingen – 7 April 1918, Leipzig) was a German theologian and church historian. Hauck began studying theology in 1864 in Erlangen, and then from 1866 in Berlin, ...

, was published from 1877 to 1888 (18 volumes). From 1896 to 1913, Hauck released a third edition of the encyclopedia (24 volumes; Vol 1–22, 1896–1909, with two later supplements). Based on the encyclopedia's third edition, the '' New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge'' was subsequently published in English from 1908 to 1914 (13 volumes).

Other writings by Herzog

* ''Das Leben Johannes Oekolampads und die Reformation der Kirche zu Basel'', 1843. * ''Die romanischen Waldenser, ihre vorreformatorischen Zustände und Lehren'', 1853.WorldCat Title
Die romanischen Waldenser, ihre vorreformatorischen Zustände und Lehren * ''Abriss der gesammten Kirchengeschichte'' (3 vols, 1876–1882, 2nd ed., G Koffmane, Leipzig, 1890–1892).

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1805 births 1882 deaths People from Basel-Stadt Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Academic staff of the University of Halle Academic staff of the University of Lausanne 19th-century German Protestant theologians Swiss Protestant theologians 19th-century German historians Reformation historians Contributors to the Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge German male non-fiction writers 19th-century male writers {{Germany-theologian-stub