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{{Short description|American Lutheran theologian}}

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| birth_place = [[Karwice, Sławno County|Karwitz]], [[Pomerania]]
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| death_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
| death_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
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| education = [[Martin Luther College|Northwestern College]] (1872)<br/>
[[Concordia Seminary]]
[[Concordia Seminary]] (1875)
| writings = ''Christian Dogmatics'', ''Der Lutheraner'' (periodical)
| writings = ''Christian Dogmatics'', ''Der Lutheraner'' (periodical)
| ordained = July 11, 1875
| ordained = July 11, 1875 at
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'''Franz August Otto Pieper''' (June 27, 1852 &ndash; June 3, 1931) was a [[Confessional Lutheran]] theologian who also served as the fourth president of what was known at that time as the [[German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States]] (Missouri Synod).


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'''Franz August Otto Pieper''' (June 27, 1852 &ndash; June 3, 1931) was a [[Confessional Lutheran]] theologian who also served as the fourth president of the [[Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod]], known at that time as the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States.
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Pieper was born at [[Karwice, Sławno County|Karwitz]], [[Pomerania]], ({{convert|85|mi}} west of [[Danzig]]) and died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref name=CHI /> After studying at the [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] of [[Kolberg]], Pomerania, he emigrated to the United States in 1870.<ref name=CHI /> He graduated from [[Northwestern College (Wisconsin)|Northwestern College]] in [[Watertown, Wisconsin]], in 1872 and from [[Concordia Seminary]] in St. Louis in 1875. He was a Lutheran pastor from 1875 to 1878, serving first at [[Centerville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin|Centerville, Wisconsin]], and then at [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin]]. He became a professor of theology at Concordia Seminary in 1878, and in 1887 he became president of the same institution. He also served as editor of ''Lehre und Wehre'',<ref name=Schaff-Herzog>{{Schaff-Herzog|url=https://archive.org/stream/newschaffherzog09haucgoog#page/n78/mode/2up/search/Pieper|title=Pieper, Franz August Otto|volume=IX|pages=52|inline=1}}</ref> the faculty journal of Concordia Seminary.


== Life ==
From 1882 to 1899, Pieper served on the Board of Colored Missions for the [[Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America]]. He then served as the fourth president of the Missouri Synod from 1899 to 1911.<ref name=CHI />
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Pieper was born at [[Karwice, Sławno County|Karwitz]], [[Pomerania]], ({{convert|85|mi}} west of [[Danzig]]) and died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref name="CHI" /> After studying at the [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] of [[Kolberg]], Pomerania, he emigrated to the United States in 1870.<ref name="CHI" /> He graduated from [[Northwestern College (Wisconsin)|Northwestern College]] in [[Watertown, Wisconsin]], in 1872 and from [[Concordia Seminary]] in St. Louis in 1875. He was a Lutheran pastor from 1875 to 1878, serving first at [[Centerville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin|Centerville, Wisconsin]], and then at [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin]]. He became a professor of theology at Concordia Seminary in 1878, and served as president of the same institution from 1887 until his death in 1931. He also served as editor of ''Lehre und Wehre'', the faculty journal of Concordia Seminary.<ref name="Schaff-Herzog">{{Schaff-Herzog|url=https://archive.org/stream/newschaffherzog09haucgoog#page/n78/mode/2up/search/Pieper|title=Pieper, Franz August Otto|volume=IX|pages=52|inline=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1965 |title=Pieper, Franz August Otto |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church |publisher=[[Augsburg Publishing House]] |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |last=Lenski |first=Gerhard E. |author-link=Gerhard Lenski |editor-last=Bodensieck |editor-first=Julius |volume=III |page=1898 |lccn=64-21500}}</ref>


As a systematic theologian, Franz Pieper's ''magnum opus'', ''Christliche Dogmatik'' (1917–1924), provided the modern world with a learned and extensive presentation of orthodox Lutheran theology.<ref>Francis Pieper, ''Christian Dogmatics'', 4 vols., (St Louis: [[Concordia Publishing House]], 1950-1953), 1:v.</ref> Translated into English as ''Christian Dogmatics'' (1950–1953), it continues to be the basic textbook of doctrinal theology in the Missouri Synod.<ref>Robert D. Preus, ed., ''Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics'', 13 vols. (St. Louis: The Luther Academy, 1989-2008), 6:viii.</ref> He was also the main author of ''A Brief Statement'' of 1932, an authoritative presentation of the synod's doctrinal stance.
From 1882 to 1899, Pieper served on the Board of Colored Missions for the [[Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America]]. He also served as the fourth president of the Missouri Synod from 1899 to 1911.<ref name="CHI" />
As a systematic theologian, Franz Pieper's ''magnum opus'', ''Christliche Dogmatik'' (1917–1924), provided the modern world with a learned and extensive presentation of orthodox Lutheran theology.<ref>Francis Pieper, ''Christian Dogmatics'', 4 vols., (St Louis: [[Concordia Publishing House]], 1950–1953), 1:v.</ref> Translated into English as ''Christian Dogmatics'' (1950–1953), it continues to be the basic textbook of doctrinal theology in the Missouri Synod.<ref>Robert D. Preus, ed., ''Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics'', 13 vols. (St. Louis: The Luther Academy, 1989–2008), 6:viii.</ref> He was also the main author of ''A Brief Statement'' of 1932, an authoritative presentation of the synod's doctrinal stance.


== Works ==
== Works ==
*''Christliche Dogmatik''. 4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1917–1924) [English translation: ''Christian Dogmatics''. 4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950–1953)]<br>(In German, public domain) [https://www.box.com/s/mrcixz3nosnymgjkoe5h Vol I] [https://www.box.com/s/hflw0d477v5q0ztoiia1 Vol II] [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FaUMAAAAIAAJ Vol III]
*''Christliche Dogmatik''. 4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1917–1924) [English translation: ''Christian Dogmatics''. 4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950–1953)]<br>(In German, public domain) [https://www.box.com/s/mrcixz3nosnymgjkoe5h Vol I] [https://www.box.com/s/hflw0d477v5q0ztoiia1 Vol II] [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FaUMAAAAIAAJ Vol III]

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*''The Synodical Conference'', an essay in ''The Distinctive Doctrines and Usages of the General Bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States'' (Philadelphia, 1892), 119-166.
*''The Synodical Conference'', an essay in ''The Distinctive Doctrines and Usages of the General Bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States'' (Philadelphia, 1892), 119-166.
*''Gesetz und Evangelium'' (1892)
*''Gesetz und Evangelium'' (1892)
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* [http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.pieperwitness.html The Witness of History for Scripture (Homologoumena and Antilegomena)] by Dr. Franz Pieper, (from Christian Dogmatics, Vol I, page 330-38.)
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.pieperwitness.html The Witness of History for Scripture (Homologoumena and Antilegomena)] by Dr. Franz Pieper, (from Christian Dogmatics, Vol I, page 330-38.)
* [http://www.reclaimingwalther.org/articles/pieperohcintro.htm The Distinction Between Orthodox & Heterodox Churches] by Dr. Franz Pieper, (from Christian Dogmatics, Vol III)
* [http://www.reclaimingwalther.org/articles/pieperohcintro.htm The Distinction Between Orthodox & Heterodox Churches] by Dr. Franz Pieper, (from Christian Dogmatics, Vol III)
*[http://www.studiumexcitare.com/content/50 C.F.W. Walther as a Theologian], by Dr. Franz Pieper, Studium Excitare, Issue #8.
*[http://www.studiumexcitare.com/content/50 C. F. W. Walther as a Theologian], by Dr. Franz Pieper, Studium Excitare, Issue #8.
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* {{cite book
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Franz Pieper
Franz Pieper at the LCMS convention of 1923 in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Born(1852-06-27)June 27, 1852
Karwitz, Pomerania
DiedJune 3, 1931(1931-06-03) (aged 78)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern College (1872)
Concordia Seminary (1875)
ReligionLutheran
ChurchLutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS)
OrdainedJuly 11, 1875 at Centerville, Wisconsin[1]
WritingsChristian Dogmatics, Der Lutheraner (periodical)
Offices held
President, LCMS (1899–1911)
President, Concordia Seminary (1887–1931)

Franz August Otto Pieper (June 27, 1852 – June 3, 1931) was a Confessional Lutheran theologian who also served as the fourth president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, known at that time as the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States.

Life[edit]

Pieper was born at Karwitz, Pomerania, (85 miles (137 km) west of Danzig) and died in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] After studying at the gymnasium of Kolberg, Pomerania, he emigrated to the United States in 1870.[1] He graduated from Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1872 and from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in 1875. He was a Lutheran pastor from 1875 to 1878, serving first at Centerville, Wisconsin, and then at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He became a professor of theology at Concordia Seminary in 1878, and served as president of the same institution from 1887 until his death in 1931. He also served as editor of Lehre und Wehre, the faculty journal of Concordia Seminary.[2][3]

From 1882 to 1899, Pieper served on the Board of Colored Missions for the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America. He also served as the fourth president of the Missouri Synod from 1899 to 1911.[1]

As a systematic theologian, Franz Pieper's magnum opus, Christliche Dogmatik (1917–1924), provided the modern world with a learned and extensive presentation of orthodox Lutheran theology.[4] Translated into English as Christian Dogmatics (1950–1953), it continues to be the basic textbook of doctrinal theology in the Missouri Synod.[5] He was also the main author of A Brief Statement of 1932, an authoritative presentation of the synod's doctrinal stance.

Works[edit]

  • Christliche Dogmatik. 4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1917–1924) [English translation: Christian Dogmatics. 4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950–1953)]
    (In German, public domain) Vol I Vol II Vol III
  • The Synodical Conference, an essay in The Distinctive Doctrines and Usages of the General Bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States (Philadelphia, 1892), 119-166.
  • Gesetz und Evangelium (1892)
  • Das Grundbekenntnis der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche (St. Louis: 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)
  • Conversion and Election : a Plea for a United Lutheranism (1913, HathiTrust Digital Library)
  • What Is Christianity and Other Essays. John Theodore Mueller, tr. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1933)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Franz August Otto Pieper: Fourth President of the Missouri Synod: 1899-1911". Lutheran History. Concordia Historical Institute.
  2. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). "Pieper, Franz August Otto". New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Vol. IX (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls. p. 52.
  3. ^ Lenski, Gerhard E. (1965). "Pieper, Franz August Otto". In Bodensieck, Julius (ed.). The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church. Vol. III. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Augsburg Publishing House. p. 1898. LCCN 64-21500.
  4. ^ Francis Pieper, Christian Dogmatics, 4 vols., (St Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950–1953), 1:v.
  5. ^ Robert D. Preus, ed., Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics, 13 vols. (St. Louis: The Luther Academy, 1989–2008), 6:viii.

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Religious titles
Preceded by President
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
1899–1911 		Succeeded by
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