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Briggs, Charles Augustus

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 15, 1841, in New York city. He is a presbyterian clergyman prominent among the leaders of newer religious thought and a professor at Union Theological seminary, New York, since 1875. In 1892 he was tried for her- ⚫esy and acquitted. He is the author of Biblical Study; American Presbyterianism; Messianic Prophecy, notable for its display of the true historical spirit; The Authority of Holy Scripture; The Messiah of the Apostles; The Messiah of the Gospels; The Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch; The Bible, the Church, and the Reason; Whither? and a Theological Question for the Times.