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[[File:DrFPieperattheFortWayneConventionin1923.jpg|thumb|Franz Pieper at the [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] Convention in 1923]]
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| caption = Franz Pieper at the LCMS convention of 1923 in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1852|06|27}}
| birth_place = [[Karwice, Sławno County|Karwitz]], [[Pomerania]]
| death_date = {{deathdate and age|1931|06|03|1852|06|27}}
| death_place = [[St Louis, Missouri]]
| church = [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] (LCMS)
| education = [[Concordia Seminary]]
| writings = ''Christian Dogmatics'', 'Der Lutheraner'' (periodical)
| ordained = January 15, 1837
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| offices_held = President, LCMS (1899-1911)<br>President, [[Concordia Seminary]]
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'''Franz August Otto Pieper''' (June 27, 1852 &ndash; June 3, 1931) was a [[Confessional Lutheran]] theologian.
'''Franz August Otto Pieper''' (June 27, 1852 &ndash; June 3, 1931) was a [[Confessional Lutheran]] theologian.


Pieper was born at [[Karwice, Sławno County|Karwitz]], [[Pomerania]] ({{convert|85|mi}} west of [[Danzig]]) and died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref>Jason Todd and Marvin Huggins, "[http://lutheranhistory.org/presidents/pres_pieper.htm Franz August Otto Pieper: Fourth President of the Missouri Synod: 1899-1911]. (St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute, 1998)."</ref> After studying at the [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] of [[Kolberg]], Pomerania, he emigrated to the United States in 1870.<ref>"[http://lutheranhistory.org/presidents/pres_pieper.htm Franz August Otto Pieper]."</ref> 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'', the faculty journal of Concordia Seminary.
Pieper was born at [[Karwice, Sławno County|Karwitz]], [[Pomerania]] ({{convert|85|mi}} west of [[Danzig]]) and died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref name=CHI>Jason Todd and Marvin Huggins, "[http://lutheranhistory.org/presidents/pres_pieper.htm Franz August Otto Pieper: Fourth President of the Missouri Synod: 1899-1911]. (St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute, 1998)."</ref> 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'', 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 then served as the fourth president of the [[German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States]] (Missouri Synod) from 1899 to 1911.<ref>"[http://lutheranhistory.org/presidents/pres_pieper.htm Franz August Otto Pieper]."</ref>
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 [[German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States]] (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: CPH, 1950-1953), 1:v.</ref> Translated into English as ''Christian Dogmatics'' (1950-1953), it continues to be the basic textbook of doctrinal theology in [[Lutheran Church–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 the Missouri Synod's ''A Brief Statement'' of 1932, an authoritative presentation of that church body's doctrinal stance.
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 [[Lutheran Church–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 the Missouri Synod's ''A Brief Statement'' of 1932, an authoritative presentation of that church body's doctrinal stance.


== Works ==
== Works ==

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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
EducationConcordia Seminary
ChurchLutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS)
OrdainedJanuary 15, 1837
WritingsChristian Dogmatics, 'Der Lutheraner (periodical)
Offices held
President, LCMS (1899-1911)
President, Concordia Seminary

Franz August Otto Pieper (June 27, 1852 – June 3, 1931) was a Confessional Lutheran theologian.

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 in 1887 he became president of the same institution. 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 then served as the fourth president of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States (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.[2] Translated into English as Christian Dogmatics (1950-1953), it continues to be the basic textbook of doctrinal theology in Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.[3] He was also the main author of the Missouri Synod's A Brief Statement of 1932, an authoritative presentation of that church body's doctrinal stance.

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)]
    (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

  1. ^ a b c Jason Todd and Marvin Huggins, "Franz August Otto Pieper: Fourth President of the Missouri Synod: 1899-1911. (St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute, 1998)."
  2. ^ Francis Pieper, Christian Dogmatics, 4 vols., (St Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950-1953), 1:v.
  3. ^ Robert D. Preus, ed., Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics, 13 vols. (St. Louis: The Luther Academy, 1989-2008), 6:viii.
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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