Theodore Parker

Theodore Parker’s account of religion, inspiration, Christianity, the Bible, and the church, published in Boston by Charles C. Little and James Brown in 1842. This is the 504-page Boston edition, distinct from the shorter London printing of 1846.

The facsimile includes the preface, contents, errata, introduction, five books with their chapters, and conclusion. Navigation follows those original divisions. The main text runs through printed page 504; preliminary, blank, and library leaves bring the scan to 541 pages.

Source: Internet Archive / Google Books scan. Freeman and Bolles, named on the copyright leaf, were the printers.

Theodore Parker’s extended account of religion, inspiration, Christianity, the Bible, and the church. This London edition was published by Chapman, Brothers in 1846; it is distinct from the Boston edition of 1842.

Scan limitation: printed pages 180–181 are missing from this copy. The five books and their chapter openings remain navigable, and the table of contents accounts for the pagination change. Publisher advertisements and library matter follow the main text.

Source: Internet Archive / Google Books scan. The publication year follows the title page’s Roman date, M. DCCC. XLVI.

Theodore Parker’s reflections on religion and human life, translated into German by Dr. Johannes Ziethen. This is the second edition, published in Leipzig by Ernst Julius Günther in 1871.

Its ten sections address piety, truth, justice, love, religious cultivation, strength, joy, sacraments, and communion with God. The volume documents the circulation of Parker’s religious writing in German translation; it does not by itself establish influence in the opposite direction.

This facsimile contains the 349 page images exposed by the Google Books source, including the continuous main text, pages 1–324. Navigation follows the original contents.

A collection of Theodore Parker’s autobiographical writings, reflections on ministry, prayers, parables and poems, edited with notes by Rufus Leighton. It combines an account of Parker’s religious development with examples of his devotional and literary work. The notes include material relevant to his contacts with European religious reformers.

Boston: American Unitarian Association. The digitizing repository dates this copy to 1911; the title page is undated. The original contents and all main text are preserved.

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