Franz Pieper
Confessional Lutheran theologian; born at Carwitz (85 m. w. of Danzig), Pomerania, June 27, 1852.[1] After studying at the gymnasium of Colberg, Pomerania, he graduated in 1872 at Northwestern University, Watertown, Wis., and in 1875 from Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. He was Lutheran pastor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin (1875–78), professor of theology in Concordia Seminary (1878 to 1887), since president of the same institution, and also president of the Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other states since 1899. He also served as editor of Lehre und Wehre, the faculty journal of Concordia Seminary.
References
- ^ "Franz August Otto Pieper: Fourth President of the Missouri Synod: 1899-1911. (St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute, 1998)."
Works by Franz Pieper
Das Grundbekenntnis der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche (St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1880).
Lehre von der Rechtfertigung (1889)
Gesetz und Evangelium (1892)
Distinctive Doctrines of the Lutheran Church (Philadelphia, 1892)
Unsere Stellung in Lehre und Praxis (St. Louis, 1896)
Lehrstellung der Missouri-Synode (1897)
Christ's Work (1898)
Das Wesen des Christentums (1903).
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