Historical Handbook of the Reformed Church in the United States
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Overview
James I. Good’s Historical Handbook of the Reformed Church in the United States contains a short history of the Reformed Church in the United States meant to be taught in Sunday school classrooms. Each chapter includes study questions.
- Preface by the author
- Brief history of the Reformed Church
- Questions on Reformed Church history
- Title: Historical Handbook of the Reformed Church in the United States
- Author: James I. Good
- Publisher: Reformed Church Publication Board
- Publication Date: 1897
- Pages: 95
James I. Good (1850–1924) was a noted church historian born in York, PA. Educated at Lafayette College and Union Theological Seminary, Good pastored Reformed churches in Pennsylvania for 30 years and also taught church history at Ursinus College. He was then promoted to the professor of dogmatics and pastoral theology, and then the dean of the school. In 1907, he moved to Central Theological Seminary where he was a professor of Reformed Church history and liturgics. From 1911 to 1914 he was president of the general synod of the Reformed Church in the United States. In recognition of his services as a Reformed Church historian, he was made an honorary member of the Huguenot Society of Germany.