Quotes:Schenkel, Daniel

Zirkoff, Boris

Schenkel, Daniel. Swiss Protestant theologian, b. Dec. 21, 1813, at Dägerlen (Canton Zürich); d. May 19, 1885, at Heidelberg. Studied at Basel and Göttingen. Lectured and taught at Rome, 1838-41. First parish priest at Schaffhausen, 1841. Prof, at Basel, 1849; prof., director of seminary and chaplain at Heidelberg, 1851. Antagonist of both Pietism and Orthodoxy. One of the chief leaders of Protestant Liberalism. Co-founder and President of the German Protestant Union, 1863. Prolific writer on religious subjects. Works: Das Wesen des Protestantismus. Schaffhausen, 1845-51. 3 vols. 2nd ed. 1862. 8vo.—Die christliche Dogmatic, vom Standpunkt des Gewissens aus dargestellt. Wiesbaden: Kreidel und Niedner, 185859. 2 vols. 8vo.—Collaborated on the Bibellexicon, Leipzig, 1868-75. 5 vols.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, p. 444