2.--Shedd (d. 1894), professor in Union Theological Seminary, wrote a _History of Christian Doctrine_ in 2 vols. 1863. 3.--Schaff (d. 1893), professor in Union Theological Seminary, a disciple of Neander, wrote, in addition to other works of value, a _History of the Christian Church_. To the Reformation. 7 vols. Excellent. Vol. 5, by D. S. Schaff. 4.--Sheldon (b. 1845) has written an excellent history of doctrine and also of the Church. 5 vols. 1896. 5.--Allen (d. 1908) wrote _Christian History in Three Great Decades_ in 3 vols. 1883. 6.--Fisher (b. 1827), professor in Yale, has produced several valuable books on Church history. 7.--White (d. 1885) wrote _Eighteen Christian Centuries_. 8.--Lea (b. 1825) has written invaluable monographs on the _Inquisition_, _Indulgences_, _Celibacy_, etc., which have given him a world-wide reputation. 9.--Other Americans who are doing good work in Church history are: Jackson, Hurst, Baird, Thompson, Mombert, Gillett, Storrs, Taylor, Clark, Emerton, Bigelow, West, Fulton, Jacobs, Newman, Zenos, Dexter, McGiffert, Dryer, Faulkner, etc. DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS A.--English: I.--Protestant: 1.--Abbott and Conant, _Dictionary of Religious Knowledge_. N. Y., 1875. 2.--Benham, _Dictionary of Religion_. Lond. and N. Y., 1887. 3.--Blunt, _A Dictionary of Doctrinal and Historical Theology_. Lond. and Phil., 2d ed., 1891. 4.--Blunt, _A Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, Ecclesiastical Parties, and Schools of Religious Thought_. Lond. and Phil., 2d ed., 1886. 5.--Buck, _A Theological Dictionary_. Lond., 1847. 6.--Cheyne and Black, _Encyclopædia Biblica_. 4 vols. N. Y., 1905. 7.--Eadie, _The Ecclesiastical Cyclopædia_. Lond., 1847. 8.--_Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge._ Phil., 1870. 9.--Farrar, _An Ecclesiastical Dictionary_. Lond., 1853. 10.--Gardner, _The Christian Cyclopedia_. Lond., 1854. 11.--Hastings, _A Dictionary of the Bible_. N. Y. and Edinburgh. 12.--Herzog, _A Protestant, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Encyclopædia_. 2 vols. Phil., 1858-60. 13.--Hook, _A Church Dictionary_. N. Y., 1875. 14.--Hook, _Ecclesiastical Biography_. 4 vols. Lond., 1845. 15.--Jackson, _Concise Dictionary of Religious Knowledge and Gazetteer_. N. Y., 1893. 16.--McClintock and Strong, _Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature_. 10 vols. N. Y., 1867-81. 2 sup. vols. 1884-86. 17.--Marsden, _A Dictionary of Christian Churches and Sects_. 2 vols. Lond., 1891. 18.--Sanford, _A Concise Encyclopædia of Religious Knowledge_. N. Y., 1891.