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Schwenkfelder Bibliography:

(Items marked with an * are available through Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa., 18073)

Addresses Delivered at the Testimonial Dinner to Doctor James M. Anders in Honor of His Fiftieth Anniversary in the Practice of Medicine, Tuesday, November 29, 1927. Philadelphia.

Alexander, Charles Beatty. Kaspar von Schwenckfeld: His Life, Christology, and Theology; An Address ... Before the Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles.... November 19, 1926.

Anders, James M. Meditations in Verse. Philadelphia, 1934.

*Ansicht von Hermsdorf nebst den Raübertucken bëy Godlberg in Schlesien. Color print. $3.00

*Ansicht von Spitzberg bëy Löwenberg in Schlesien. Color print $3.00

Berky, Andrew S. An Account of Dr. Benjamin Schultz of Pennsylvania: Physician, Botanist, and Philosopher, 1772-1814. 1953.

Berky, Andrew S. An Account of Some Hosensack Valley Mills from Their First Rise to the beginning of the Year 1957. 1958.

Berky, Andrew S. The Countryman's Family Album. Photographs by H. Winslow Fegley. N.d.

Berky, Andrew S. The Passmore Pottery, 1828-1911. 1953.

*Berky, Andrew S. Practitioner in Physik: A Biography of Abraham Wagner, 1717-1763. 1954. $5.00

Berky, Andrew S. The Schoolhouse near the Old Spring: A History of the Union School and Church Association. 1955.

Berky, Andrew S., (ed.) A Book of Days for 1954. A Sheet Calendar Enjoying Woodcuts from the Silesian Tagebuch of 1612. 1954.

*Berky, Andrew S., (ed.). The Challenge to American Life. New York, 1956. $2.75

Berky, Andrew S., (ed.). God Grants Liberty: A Collection of Fifteen Letters Written Between 1795 and 1816 by Some Prominent Americans. 1953.

Berky, Andrew S., (ed.). The Life and Times of Amos Schultz, 1809-1895; being a series of essays written between 1904 and 1923. Amos Schultz Family Union, 1953.

Berky, Andrew S. (ed.) and Selina G. Schultz (trans.). The Mosquito Coast and the Story of the First Schwenkfelder Missionary Enterprise among the Indians of Honduras from 1768 to 1775. 1953.

Berky, Andrew S. (ed.) Das Angebot. (Pamphlet)

*Blase, Francis Jr. Heebner and Sons: Pioneers of Farm Machinery in America, 1840-1926. Lansdale, 1984, $9.00

Book of Worship for Church and Home with Orders of Service, Prayers and Other Aids to Devotion. 1928.

*A Brief Statement on the Schwenkfelder Church (Incorporated 1909) A Christian, Protestant, Evangelical, Ecumenical Denomination. 1923.

*Christian History Institute. Christian History Magazine, Volume VIII, No. 1, Issue 21. This issue devoted to a forgotten reformer Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig (1489-1561). $4.00

The Church Manual of the Schwenkfelder Church, Containing Historical Remarks, Doctrinal Standards, The Catechism, The Directory of Worship, Formula of Government. 1898.

Comite-Bericht für die Spätjahrs-Conferenz der Schwenkfelder Gemeinde. October, 1894.

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Letters and Treatises of Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig. Ed. by Chester D. Hartranft, Elmer Ellsworth Schultz Johnson, Selina Gerhard Schultz, et. a. Göttingen, 1907-1961. (Available on request to qualified research institutions)

Deus Erat in Christo (God Was in Christ). Color print of the crucifixion, 16th century.

A Dove of Peace and Plenty. Color Print.

*Erb, Peter C., (ed.). Schwenckfeld and Early Schwenkfeldianism. 1986. $10.00

*Erb, Peter C., (ed.). Schwenkfelders in America. 1987. $15.00

*Erb, Peter C. Schwenckfeld in His Reformation Setting. 1978. $4.00

*Erb, Peter C., (ed., trans.). The Spiritual Diary of Christopher Wiegner. 1978. $3.00

Erläuterung für Caspar Schwenckfeld. 1771.

Erläuterung für Caspar Schwenckfeld. 1830.

*Farming, Always Farming. Photographs by H. Winslow Fegley. Pennsylvania German Society, 1987. $30.00

Formula for the Government and Discipline of the Schwenkfelder Church. 1948. (Earlier editions 1902, 1912)

French, James Leslie, (ed.). The Correspondence of Caspar Schwenckfeld of Ossig and the Landgrave Philip of Hesse 1535-1561. Leipzig, 1908.

*Friends of the Schwenkfelder Library & Museum Newsletter. 1992-

*Furcha, Edward J. Schwenckfeld's Concept of the New Man: A Study in the Anthropology of Caspar von Schwenckfeld as Set Forth in His Major Theological Writings. 1970. $4.00

From Silesia to Pennsburg. The Story of the Migration of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles in Pictures as Presented by Members of the Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles at Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1926. Vol. 3, No. 3 of the Exile Herald.

*Gallagher, Karen Kriebel. A Thread of Faith. The Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church. $15.00

Geer, Curtis M. Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum. A Review and Appreciation. Hartford, Conn., 1908.

*Genealogical Chart. $1.00

German Hymns for the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Schwenkfelder Churches in America. 1934.

Gottschall, Robert J. Handbook for Instruction of Catechumens in The Schwenkfelder Church. Norristown, Pa., 1954.

Gottschall, Robert M. Robert J. Gottschall. 1955.

*Grater, Fred A. (ed., trans.). Caspar Schwenckfeld: A Commentary on the Augsburg Confession. 1982. $5.00

Hartranft, Chester D. Memorial Day Address. 1911.

Hartranft, Chester D. Characteristics of Schwenckfeld. 1911.

Hartranft, Chester D. A Septuagenarian's Valedictory. Leipzig, 1909.

Hartranft, John F., "The Schwenckfelders," Publication of the Bucks County Historical Society. Vol. I, 1886.

*Haus-Segen (House Blessing). Color print. $3.00

*Hersh, Tandy and Charles. Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans. The Pennsylvania German Society, Birdsboro, Pa., 1991. $35.00

Heydrick, Christopher. Genesis, Evolution and Establishment of the Common School System of Pennsylvania. Reprinted from The Penn Germania. 1912.

Hoffman, L. S. A Brief Course of Religious Instruction Through the Catechetical Presentation. 1924.

Hoffman, L. S. Christian Nurture, a Catechism. N.p. 1924.

Hoffman, L. S. The Christ We Love: An Unknown Voice from the echoes of the Pilgrim Exiles of the St. Andrew of 1734. New York, 1931.

Hoffman, L. S. "In Memoriam Oscar Schultz Kriebel," The Perkiomen Region. 1936.

Hohlfeld, Maurice, "Dr. Elmer E. S. Johnson," Memorial Address Given at Hartford Seminary. 1960.

Jacobus, Melancthon Williams and Waldo Selden Pratt. Memorial Addresses upon the late Chester David Hartranft, Honorary President of the Hartford Theological Seminary, Delivered February 9 and May 25, 1915. N.p., 1915.

Johnson, Elmer E. S. The Test Act of June 13,1777. Vol. 38, Pennsylvania German Society. 1927.

*Knörrlich, Siegfried. The Refuge Church in Harpersdorf, Silesia. Trans. by Sherman L. Gerhard. 1982. $3.00

Kriebel, H. W. "Christopher Wiegner the Towamencin Diarist." Read before the Historical Society of Montgomery County, May 25, 1904.

Kriebel, H. W. The Schwenkfelders. N.p., 1905.

Kriebel, H. W. The Schwenkfelders in Pennsylvania. Lancaster, 1907.

*Kriebel, Martha B. Schwenkfelders and the Sacraments. 1968. $1.50

Kriebel, Oscar S. Conversion and Religious Experience: Being the Development of Three Sermons. N.p., 1907.

Kriebel, Oscar S. A Discourse on Sanctification versus Christian Perfection. 1905.

Kriebel, Oscar S. Outline Studies in the Acts, the Epistles, and Revelation. 1906.

Kurze Fragen über die Christliche Glaubens-Lehre. Skippack, 1855.

*Landing of the Schwenkfelders from the St. Andrew. By Adolf Pannash. Color print. $3.00

Loetscher, Frederick William. Schwenckfeld's Participation in the Eucharistic Controversy of the Sixteenth Century. Philadelphia, 1906.

*Maria Kriebelin. Illuminated Book Plate, color print. $3.00

*McLaughlin, R. Emmet. Caspar Schwenckfeld. Reluctant Radical: His Life to 1540. New Haven, 1986.

*Meschter, Alfred T. The Ship St. Andrew, Galley; A Hypothesis. Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa., 1992. $3.00

Meschter, Charles K. Leisure-Hour Poems. By a Student. Worcester, Pa., 1894.

*Meschter, W. Kyrel. Twentieth Century Schwenkfelders: A Narrative History. 1984. $7.50

The Nativity: A Collection of Engravings Depicting the Birth of Christ Reproduced from Bibles on the German Press Printed during the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. 1952.

Neueingerichtetes Gesangbuch enthaltend eine Sammlung (mehrentheils alter) erbaulicher Lieder.... Germantown, 1762.

Neueingerichtetes Gesangbuch enthaltend eine Sammlung (mehrentheils alter) erbaulicher Lieder.... Philadelphia, 1830.

Neueingerichtetes Gesangbuch enthaltend eine Sammlung erbaulicher Lieder.... Skippack, 1869.

Oeffentliche Correspondenzen zwischen Joshua Schultz ... und Daniel Weiser ... im Jahr 1858. Lansdale, 1861.

Official Report of the Schwenkfelder Bicentennial Pilgrimage to Silesia and Saxony, Germany, June 30-August 9, 1934. Compiled by Lester K. Kriebel. N.p., 1934.

Ossig tract Number 1, Characteristics of the Schwenkfelder Church. N.p., n.d.

Our Mission Work in Taiku ... Journal of Flora K. Heebner. 1942.

*Pilgrimage To Silesia, 1934. Video $25.00

Report of Committee on world War Activities (to the) General Conference, Schwenkfelder Church. 1920.

Rothenberger, Jack. Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig and the Ecumenical Ideal. 1967. $1.50

*The Route of Emigration of the Schwenkfelders from Their Homes in Silesia as Far as Plymouth.... Color print. $3.00

*Schultz Jr., Andrew S. The Schultz Cousins in Florida Including John's Diary and Isaac's Search. Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa., 1989. $5.00

Schultz, Christopher. An Account of the Circumstances Leading Up to the American Revolution. 1952.

Schultz, Christopher. A Vindication of Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig: An Elucidation of His Doctrine, and the Vicissitudes of His Followers, from the German of Christopher Schultz (1769). Trans. and ed. by Elmer Schultz Gerhard. 1942.

Schultz, Christopher. Short Questions concerning the Christian Doctrine of Faith.... Trans. by I. Daniel Rupp. Skippack, 1863.

Schultz, Joshua. Constitution der Schwenckfeldischen Gemeinschaft.... Allentown, 1851.

Schultz, Joshua. Constitution of the Schwenkfelder Society.... Skippack, 1882.

Schultz, Joshua. Glaubens-Lehren und Bekenntnisse.... 1875.

Schultz, Joshua. Lehre und Ordnungs-Regeln.... 1858.

Schultz, Oscar S. Through the Bible in a Year by Questions. Los Angeles, 1922.

*Schultz, Selina Gerhard. Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig (1489-1561): Spiritual Interpreter of Christianity, Apostle of the Middle Way, Pioneer in Modern Religious Thought. (4th ed; with a preface by Peter C. Erb). 1977. $3.50

*Schultz, Selina Gerhard. A Course of Study in the Life and Teachings of Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig (1489-1561) and the History of the Schwenkfelder Religious Movement (1518-1964). 1964. $3.00

Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Heavenly Balm and the Diving Physician. Trans. by R. F. Anspach. Baltimore, Md., 1958.

Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Lehr-Tractate, Erstens, vom Christlichen Streit, etc. Nebst einem Kurzgefaszten Inbegriff desselbigen und vom Gewissen; Zweitens von der Sünde und Gnade-Adam und Christo. Drittens, Beantwortung einer Christlichen notwendigen Frage: Ob ein Christ auch ein Sünder sey? Allentown, 1846.

Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Deutsche Theologie für die Gottfürchtigen Laien, Vom Herrn Christo und von der christlichen Lehre der Gottseligkeit.... Ebenso, Was bei den zwölf Artickel des Glaubens und beim Vaterunser zu bendenken sei. Skippack, 1858.

Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Fünf Abhandlungen aus den Theologischen Schriften. Skippack, 1859.

Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Vom Artikel der Vergebung der Sünden.... Skippack, 1858.

Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Einige christliche und lehrreiche Send-Briefe.... 1531. Allentown, 1819.

Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Von der Himmlischen Arzeney.... Allentown, 1820.

[Schwenckfeld, Caspar]. Gebet-Büchlein.... Germantown, 1806.

Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Ein christlicher Send-Brief an geistliche Personen geschrieben. Vom Gebet.... Allentown, 1835.

*Schwenckfeld Then ... Schwenkfelders Now. Pamphlet.

Schwenkfelder Library Newsletter. Ed. by Dennis Moyer. 1986-1989

The Schwenkfelder Library. 1951.

Schwenkfelder Year Book and Almanac. 1900, 1901.

*The Schwenkfeldian. 1903 - U.S. $4.00 per yr.; Foreign & Canada $7.00 per yr.

Schwenckfeldiana.

I: 1 Christopher Schultz (1718-1789)

I: 2 Early Schwenckfelder Ministers in Pennsylvania.

I: 3 Schwenckfelder Schools and Education.

I: 4 The Schwenckfelders and the Moravians Two Hundred Years Ago, 1723-1742.

I: 5 Schwenckfelder Craftsmen, Inventors, and Surveyors.

*I: 6 Schwenckfelder Participation in Missionary, Welfare and Relief Services (1762-1947). $3.00

*II: 1 Biographical and Historical Memorial for Flora K. Heebner (1874-1947). $3.00

*II: 2 A Challenge: Am I My Brother's Keeper? Sequel to the schwenckfelder Migration, 1734. $3.00

*II: 3 The First One Hundred Schwenckfelder Memorial Days. 1734-1834: Part I 1734-1784 $3.00

*II: 4 The First One Hundred Schwenckfelder Memorial Days, 1734-1834: Part II 1785-1834. $3.00

*II: 5 Faith of Our Fathers: A Historical Drama Presented ... in Pennsylvania. August 26, 1934. $3.00

Der Schwenkfelder Glaubens-Bekenntnisz.... Milford Square, 1886.

*Seguenny, André. The Christology of Caspar Schwenckfeld. Trans. by Peter C. Erb and Simone Nieuwolt. Lewiston, 1987. $25.00

*Seipt, Allen Anders. Schwenkfelder Hypnology and the Sources of the First Schwenkfelder Hymn-Book Printed in America. Philadelphia, 1909. $17.50

*A Self Guided Tour of Points of Interest to the Schwenkfelders. 1984. $2.00

*Seyppel, Joachim H. Schwenckfeld, Knight of Faith: A Study in the History of Religion. 1961. $3.00

*Schultze, David. The Journals and Papers of David Schultze. Trans. and ed. by Andrew S. Berky. Vol. 1: 1726-1760; Vol. II: 1761-1797. New York, 1952, 1953. Vol. 1, out of print; Vol. II, $27.50

Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles. The Exile Herald. 1924-1946.

Sommer, Fedor. Die Schwenckfelder. Roman aus der Zeit der Gegenreformation. Zweite Auflage. Halle (Salle), 1912.

*Sommer, Fedor. The Iron Collar: A novel from the days of the Counter-Reformation. Trans. by Andrew S. Berky. 1956. $4.00

Typus Piscationis Novae. Color print.

Unveiling of Monuments and Marking and Decorating the Graves of Schwenkfelder Immigrants. 1934.

*Viehmeyer, L. Allen. The Tumultuous Years: Schwenkfelder Chronicles, 1580-1750. 1980. $3.00

Weaver, Glenn. The Schwenkfelders during the French and Indian War. 1955.

Weber, Elizabeth. The Mission Story of the Schwenkfelders, 1768-1974. 1974.

Weichenhan, Erasmus. Christliche Betrachtungen über die Evangelischen Texte, so man zu lesen pfleget and den Sonntagen und hohen Festen.... Germantown, 1791.

Weichenhan, Erasmus. Christliche Betrachtüngen über die Evangelischen Texte so man zu lesen pfleget and den Sonntagen und hohen Festen.... Allentown, 1842.

*Weigelt, Horst. The Schwenkfelders in Silesia. Trans. by Peter C. Erb. 1985. $10.00

Who Are the Schwenkfelders: Selections from the "Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families." 1923.

Why Dedicate Your Child to God? Pamphlet.

Why We Commune. Pamphlet.

Schwenkfelder Library Data Base: Schwenckfeld in Translation

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 1 (Oct. 1521‑Jan.1, 1524)

Letter to Johann Hess (1D2)

Letter to Johann Hess (1D3)

Letter to a friend about to lose faith (1D4)

Letter to the Sisters at Naumburg (1D6)‑‑2 versions

Letter to Bishop Jacob of Salza (1D7)‑‑2 versions

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 2 (June 11, 1524‑Dec. 1527)

Admonition to all the Brethren in Silesia (2D8)

Letter to Paul Speratus (2D10)

Twelve Questions (2D11)

Crautwald on his vision regarding the Supper (2D15)

Diary entry re Luther (2D18)

Crautwald's second letter to Schwenckfeld (2D27)

Circular Letter (2D28)

Crautwald's Collatio (2D38PT)

Crautwald's On the Lord's Supper (2D39PT)

Letter to Cordatus (2D41PT)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 3 (Jan. 1528‑Dec. 1530)

Crautwald On the Prayer of Faith (3D81)

On Reading Scripture (3D84)

Crautwald on Genesis (3D95)

Confession of Holy Sacrament (3D100)

On the Augsburg Confession (3D108; 3LIB‑‑partial trans.)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 4 (Dec. 1530‑1533)

Scripturists and Spiritualists (4D111)

Third Letter to Jud (4D143)

Letter to Johann Schweintzer (4D132)

On Christian Warfare (4D134)

On the Conscience (4D149)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 5 (Jan. 1534‑1537)

On Prayer (5D163PT)

Letter to Philip of Hesse on Infant Baptism (5D204)

Letter to Helena Streicher (5D239)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 6 (1538‑Dec. 2, 1539)

Christian Self‑surrender (6D255)

On the Planets (6D259)

On True Knowledge of Christ (6D290)

German Passional and Prayer book (6D301)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 7 (1540‑1541)

Letter to Johann Werner (7D353)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 8 (Jan. 1, 1542‑Mar. 2, 1544)

Crautwald, On the New Man (8D358)

Confession of the Lord's Supper (8D376)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 9 (Apr. 5, 1544‑June 29, 1546)

Answer to Luther (9D439PT)

Crautwald, Schwaermer (9D436)

Heavenly Balm (9D514)

Three Kinds of Human Life (9D534)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 10 (July, 1546‑Dec. 1546)

Prayer in War (10D553)

Suffer the Little Children (10D608)

Prayer of Faith (10D609PT)

Preparing for Death (10D610pt)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 11 (1547‑1549)

Letter to Margaret Engelmann (11D621)

Letter to Jacob Sturm (11D667)

On True and Heretical Faith (11D720)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 13

Disputed Doctrines (13D873)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 14 (July 1554‑1556)

Letter on Christian Love (14D906)

On the External and Inner Word of God (14D928)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 15 (1556‑1558)

Mediators of Grace (15D1001)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 16 (Jan. 25, 1558‑1559)

Duty of an Officeholder (16D1102)

The School Of Christ (16D1045)

Letter on Faith and Godliness (16D1056; 16D1056Ch)

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 17 (1560‑1561)

The German Theology (17D1121)

On Liberty of Belief (17D1159)‑‑2 versions

On his Doctrine and Calling (17D1166)‑‑2 versions

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, Vol. 18 (Misc.)

Explanation of some Points (18D1220)

Additional Works:

Crautwald, On Catechetical Instruction (Canon)(CRAUTCAN)

Crautwald, On the Knowledge of Christ (CRAUTCOG)

Reissner, Life of Crautwald (CRAUTLIFE)

Prayer selections from Schwenckfeld (PRAY)

Theological selections from Schwenckfeld (THEO)

Misc. selections from Corpus letters (CORP and vol number)