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Streitschrift (Leipsic, 1893); Zur Wittenberger Stadt-und Universifatsgeschichte in der Reformations zeit (1893); Entstehung der Katechismcn Luihers und die Grundlage des grossen Katcchismus (1894); Wittenberger Ordinierten-Buch (2 vols., 1894); Selige Pilgerschaft (1896; extracts from the writings of Luther); Philipp Melanchthon (1897); Luther s grosser Katechismus (1897); Paul Eber (1897); Geschichce der evangclischen Gemeinde zu Kitzingen (1S9S i ; Luthers deutsche Brie) 'e ausgevxihlt und erldutert (1S99); Reformationsgeschichte der Sladt Leipzig (1900); Konrad Stiirtzel von Buchheim (1900); Die evangelische Kirche im Jahrhundert der Reformation (1900); Dr. Martin Luther (1901); So spricht Dr. Martin Luther (Berlin, 1903; selections from the writings of Luther); Deutschlands Kirchengeschichte fur das evangelische Haus (Bielefeld, 1904); Lutherlesebuch (Hamburg-, 1905); and Ungedruckte Predigten aus den Jahrex 1537loJfO (Leipsic, 1905).
BUCK, CHARLES: English Independent; b. at Hillsley (15 m. n.e. of Bristol), Gloucestershire, 1771; d. in London Aug. 11, 1815. He held pastorates at Sheerness and London. He is mentioned for his Theological Dictionary, containing definitions of all religious terms ; a comprehensive view of every article in the system of divinity ; an impartial account of all the principal denominations which haie subsisted in the religious world from the birth of Christ to the present day ; together with an accurate statement of the most remarkable transactions and events recorded in ecclesiastical history (2 vols., London, 1802; many subsequent editions and reprints). He also published Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining (1799), which proved a highly popular work.
Bibliography: Buck's Memoirs and Remains were edited by J. Styles, London, 1817.
BUCKLAND, AUGUSTUS ROBERT: Secretary of the Religious Tract Society; b. at Newport (20 m. n.w. of Bristol), Monmouthshire, Apr. 18, 1857 He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford (B.A., 1881), and was ordained to the priesthood of the Church of England in 1881. He was curate of Spitalfields, London, in 1880-84. In 1S87 he became editor of the Record and has since engaged largely in journalistic work. He has also been morning preacher in the Foundling Hospital, London, since 1S90, and was chosen secretary of the Religious Tract Society in 1902. He has written: Strayed East (London, 1889); The Patience of Two (1894); The Heroic in Missions (1894); John Horden, Missionary Bishop (1894); Women in the Mission Field (1895); The Confessional in the English Church (1900); and The Missionary Speaker's Manual (1901; in collaboration with J. D. Mullins). In addition, he has edited many works for the Religious Tract Society, notably its Devotional Commentary.
BUCKLEY, JAMES MONROE: Methodist Episcopalian; b. at Rahway, N. J., Dec. 16, 1836. He was educated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., but did not graduate, and he also studied theology at Exeter, N. H. He held various pastorates in New Hampshire (1859-63), Central
Church, Detroit (1863-66), Brooklyn, N. Y. (1866- 1869, 1872-75, and 1878-80), and Stamford, Conn. (1869-72 and 1S75-78). Since 1880 he has been editor of the New York Christian Advocate. His general theological position is that of his denomination, although he reserves all rights to individual judgment concerning non-essentials. He has written: Appeals to Men of Sense and Reflection to begin a Christian Life (New York, 1869); Christians and the Theatre (1875); Supposed Miracles (Boston, 1875); Oats or Wild Oats f (New York, 1885); The Midnight Sun, the Czar and the Nihilist (Boston, 1887); Faith Healing, Christian Science, and Kindred Phenomena (New York, 1892); Travels in Three Continents (1895); History of Methodism in the United States (1897); Extemporaneous Oratory for Professional and Amateur Speakers (1899); and The Fundamentals of Religion and their Contrasts (1906).
BUCKMINSTER, JOSEPH STEVENS : New England clergyman; b. at Portsmouth, N. H., May 26, 1784; d. in Boston June 9, 1812. He was graduated at Harvard, 1800; studied theology while teacher at (Phillips) Exeter Academy and private tutor at Waltham; was called to the Brattle Street Church, Boston, 1804; appointed lecturer on Biblical criticism at Harvard, 1811. In theology he was liberal, a forerunner of the Unitarian movement; he belonged to the " Anthology Club," was a frequent contributor to the Monthly Anthology, and one of the founders of the literary reputation of Boston. He superintended the publication of the American edition of Griesbach's Greek Testament (1808); two volumes of sermons, with memoir by Rev. S. C. Thacher, were published after his death (Boston, 1814; 1829), and his Works appeared in two volumes in 1839.
Bibliography: His Memoir (together with that of his father, Rev. Joseph Buckminster of Portsmouth, N. H.; b. 1751; d. 1812) was published by his sister, Eliza B. Lee, Boston, 1851.
BUDDE, bud'de, KARL FERDINAND REIN- HARD: German Protestant; b. at Bensberg (9 m. e. of Cologne) Apr. 13, 1850. He was educated at the universities of Bonn, Berlin, and Utrecht from 1868 to 1873, although his studies were interrupted in 1870-71, when he served in the Franco-Prussian War. He became privatdocent for the Old Testament at Bonn in 1873, and was also teacher at the Schulbring'sche hohere Tochterschule in 1873-89 and inspector of the theological seminary of the university in 1S7S-S5. In 1879 he became associate professor of Old Testament theology at the same university, and in lv-.fl was called to Strasburg in a like capacity, shortly thereafter being promoted to full professor. Since 1900 he has been professor of Old Testament theology at Marburg. Chosen rector of the University of Marburg for 1910-11. He has written: Beitragc zur Kritik des Buches Hiob (Bonn, 1876); Die biblische Urgeschichte tin tersucht (Giessen, 1883); Die Biicher der Richter und Samuel, ihr Aufbav und Hire Quellen (1890); The Books of Samuel, Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text (in the Polychrome Bible, Leipsic, 1894); Das Buch Hiob (in the Handcommentar zum Allen Testament, Gottingen, 1896); Das Buch