CHRISTIAN FAITH

A New Translation and Critical Edition

volume i

FRIEDRICH SCHLEIERMACHER

Translated by

Terrence N. Tice, Catherine L. Kelsey, and Edwina Lawler

Edited by

Catherine L. Kelsey and Terrence N. Tice

© 2016 Terrence N. Tice, Catherine L. Kelsey, and Edwina Lawler

First Edition

Published by Westminster John Knox Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 1768-1834, author. | Tice, Terrence N., translator, editor. | Kelsey, Catherine L., translator, editor. | Lawler, Edwina G., 1943- translator.

Title: Christian faith : a new translation and critical edition / Friedrich Schleiermacher ; translated by Terrence N. Tice, Catherine L. Kelsey and Edwina Lawler ; edited by Catherine L. Kelsey and Terrence N. Tice.

Other titles: Christliche Glaube. English

Description: Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016018624 (print) | LCCN 2016013573 (ebook) | ISBN 9781611646757 (ebk.) | ISBN 9780664226206 (hardback) | ISBN 9780664262822 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Theology, Doctrinal. | BISAC: RELIGION / Christian Theology / General. | RELIGION / Christian Theology / History.

Classification: LCC BT75 (print) | LCC BT75.S58513 2016 (ebook) | DDC 230/.044--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016018624

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Full title in 1830:

Christian Faith: Interconnectedly Presented in Accordance with Principles of the Evangelical Church

Epigram on 1830 Title page:

Neque enim quaero intelligere ut credam, sed credo ut intelligam.

Anselm, Prosol. 1

Nam qui non crediderit, non experietur,

et qui expertus non fuerit, non intelligent.

Anselm, De fide trin. 2.

“For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe [have ...