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His Ecclesiastical History provided a crucial source for Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and Gibbon borrowed many of Mosheim's arguments.
Jul 19, 1998 · Johann Lorenz von Mosheim (born Oct. 9, 1694, Lübeck—died Sept. 9, 1755, Göttingen, Hanover) was a German Lutheran theologian who founded the pragmatic school of church historians, which insisted on objective, critical treatment of original sources.
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May 11, 2006 · by. Collins-Trelawny, Charles Trelawny, 1792-1878. Publication date. 1822. Topics. Church history, genealogy. Publisher. London : Printed for T. Cadell ... and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh. Collection.
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim (1693-1755) was a German Lutheran church historian. Among his works are De rebus christianorum ante Constantinum commentarii (1753).
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- Notes on Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History
Mar 1, 2011 · Mosheim in the two last of his works achieved a history of the Christian Church on the same scale as Fleury's, from Christ to the present; and while not equal to Tillemont for detail and erudition, he did not share Fleury's need to affirm the unbroken chain of authority as well as veracity.
Sep 3, 2021 · An ecclesiastical history, ancient and modern by Mosheim, Johann Lorenz, 1694?-1755
Ecclesiastical history is the scientific investigation and the methodical description of the temporal development of the Church considered as an institution founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Ghost for the salvation of mankind. ...
