Background
Sheldon, Henry Clay was born on March 12, 1845 in Martinsburg, New York, United States. Son of Ira and Fanny Maria (Bingham) Sheldon.
Sheldon, Henry Clay was born on March 12, 1845 in Martinsburg, New York, United States. Son of Ira and Fanny Maria (Bingham) Sheldon.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1867, A.M., 1870. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1871. Doctor of Divinity, Lawrence, 1887.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry. Pastor St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 1871-1872, Brunswick, Maine, 1872-1874. Professor history theology, 1875-1895, systematic theology, 1895-1921, Boston University Author: History of Christian Doctrine (2 vols.), 1886.
History of the Christian Church (5 vols.), 1894. System of Christian Doctrine, 1903. History of Unbelief in the Nineteenth Century, 1907.
Sacerdotalism in the Nineteenth Century, 1909. New Testament Theology, 1911. Christian Science So-Called, 1913.
A Fourfold Test of Mormonism, 1914. Studies in Recent Adventism, 1915. Theosophy and New Thought, 1916.
The Mystery Religions and the New Testament, 1918. Pantheistic Dilemmas and Other Essays in Philosophy and Religion, 1920. The Essentials of Christianity, 1922.
Home: West Newton, Mass.
Married Louise McLellan, September 16, 1875. Children: Herbert Prescott, Ernest McLellan.