Good, James Isaac

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James Isaac Good, 1850–1924, American clergyman of the German Reformed Church, b. York, Pa. He held pastorates in York, Philadelphia, and Reading, Pa., and in 1890 he became professor in the School of Theology of Ursinus College. He was dean from 1893 to 1907, and in 1907 he became professor of church history and liturgics at the Central Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. From 1911 to 1914 he was president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States. He wrote many books on the origins and history of the Reformed Church in Germany and the United States.