Franz Pieper

Franz August Otto Pieper (June 27, 1852 - June 3, 1931) was a Confessional Lutheran theologian; born at Carwitz (85 m. w. of Danzig), Pomerania and died in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] After studying at the gymnasium of Colberg, Pomerania, he emigrated to the United States in 1870.[2] In 1872, he graduated from Northwestern University in Watertown, Wisconsin and in 1875 from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. He was Lutheran pastor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin (1875–78), professor of theology in Concordia Seminary (1878 to 1887), 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.

From 1882 to 1899, Pieper served on the Board of Colored Missions for the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America. He was the Synod's president from 1899 until 1911.[3]

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Works by Franz Pieper

Christliche Dogmatik. 3 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1917–1924)
Christian Dogmatics,4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950–1953)
Distinctive Doctrines of the Lutheran Church (Philadelphia, 1892)
Gesetz und Evangelium (1892)
Das Grundbekenntnis der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche (St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1880).
Lehre von der Rechtfertigung (1889)
Unsere Stellung in Lehre und Praxis (St. Louis, 1896)
Lehrstellung der Missouri-Synode (1897)
Christ's Work (1898). Das Wesen des Christentums.(1903)
What Is Christianity and Other Essays Tr. John Theodore Mueller (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1933)

References

  1. ^ Jason Todd and Marvin Huggins, "Franz August Otto Pieper: Fourth President of the Missouri Synod: 1899-1911. (St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute, 1998)."
  2. ^ "Franz August Otto Pieper."
  3. ^ "Franz August Otto Pieper."
Religious titles
Preceded by
H. C. Schwan
Fourth President
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

1899–1911
Succeeded by
F. Pfotenhauer