A classic from a leading Reformed theologian of the 1800s. The editor translated all foreign-language words and quotations, and wrote an introduction and glossary.

The first edition was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in two volumes in 1888; the second edition, in 1889. A third volume was added in 1894. All three volumes were reprinted by Zondervan in 1953, and by Thomas Nelson in 1980.

“One of the largest and best systematic theologies.”

“[Ranks] second only to the works of Jonathan Edwards.”

WILLIAM G.T. SHEDD (1820–1894) was a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York for twenty-eight years. An eminent theologian of his era, he wrote both doctrinal and pastoral works. ALAN W. GOMES is associate professor of historical theology at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University.