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James Isaac Good

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James Isaac Good
Born(1850-12-31)December 31, 1850
York, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 22, 1924(1924-01-22) (aged 73)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education
Occupation(s)Clergyman, historian
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James Isaac Good (1850–1924) was an American Reformed church clergyman and historian.

Formative years

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Good was born in York, Pennsylvania on December 31, 1850.[1] He graduated from Lafayette College in 1872 and from Union Theological Seminary in 1875.

Career

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For thirty years (1875-1905), his ministered to congregants in Pennsylvania and later held a position at the Central Theological Seminary (Dayton, Ohio). He was also elected as president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States.

Death

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Good died in Philadelphia on January 22, 1924.[2]

Works

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  • Life Pictures of John Calvin for Young and Old, with George R. Richards (1909)
  • The Origin of the Reformed Church in Germany (new edition, 1913)
  • Life of Rev. Benjamin Schneider, D. D., a Missionary of the reformed Church in the United States through the American Board at Broosa and Aitab, Turkey, 1834-1877. [1915]
  • The History of the Reformed Church in Germany (1894)
  • Rambles Around Reformed Lands; History of the Reformed Church in the United States (1899)
  • Famous Places of the Reformed Churches (1910)
  • History of the Reformed Church in the United States in the Nineteenth Century (1911)
  • History of the Swiss Reformed Church since the Reformation (1913)
  • The Heidelberg Confession in its Newest Light (1914)

References

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  1. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. V. James T. White & Company. 1907. p. 360. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Dr. J. I. Good Dies". Dayton Daily News. January 22, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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