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Walther, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm
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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther |
| Email | None |
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October 25, 1811
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| Died | May 07, 1887
(75 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
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German - Lutheran -
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| Info | Born: 25 October 1811, Langenchursdorf, Saxony, Germany
Died: 7 May 1887, St. Louis, Missouri
C.F.W. Walther was educated at the University of Leipzig, after which he tutored for the Loeber family in Cahla from 1833 to 1837. He was ordained on 15 January 1837 and briefly accepted a parish in Braeunsdorf, before sailing to America in 1839 with the Saxon Immigration. In 1878, he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.
On 21 September 1844 he married Emilie Buenger (1812-1885), also one of the original Saxon immigrants.
For forty-six years Walther was the pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis. He also taught at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, from 1850 until his death. He served as the president of the Synod from its founding in 1847 to 1850. In 1864 he was again elected president and served until 1878.
He began as the editor of Der Lutheraner in 1844 and of Lehre und Wehre in 1855. He worked on both of these publications until his death. Walther authored several books, including Die Stimme unserer Kirche in der Frage von Kirche und Amt (1852), Die rechte Gestalt einer vom Staate unabhaengigen ev.-luth. Ortsgemeinde (1863), Die ev.-luth. Kirche die wahre sichtbare Kirche Gottes auf Erden (1867), Amerikanisch-Lutherische Pastoraltheologie (1872), Brosamen (1876), and Der Gnadenwahlslehrstreit (1881). After his death, his lectures on Die rechte Unterscheidung von Gesetz und Evangelium were published (1897).
Many of his writings have been translated into English, some of which are still in print:
Church and Ministry, trans. J.T. Mueller. St. Louis: CPH, 1987.
The Congregation's Right to Choose Its Pastor, trans. Fred Kramer, ed. Wilbert H. Rosin. Texts Series No. 1. St. Louis: Concordia Seminary Publications, 1997.
The Correspondence of C.F.W. Walther, trans. Roy A. Suelflow. St. Louis: Concordia Seminary, 1980.
Essays for the Church. 2 vols. St. Louis: CPH, 1992.
The Proper Distinction between the Law and the Gospel: 39 evening lectures, trans. W.H.T. Dau. St. Louis: CPH, 1929.
Select Sermons of Walther, trans. E. Myers. Hill City, Minn.: Hope Press, [1966?].
Selected Writings of C.F.W. Walther, ed. Aug. R. Suelflow. 6 vols. St. Louis: CPH, 1981.
Walther and the Church, ed. Wm. Dallmann, W.H.T. Dau, and Th. Engelder. St. Louis: CPH, 1938.
Walther Speaks to the Church: Selected Letters, ed. Carl S. Meyer. St. Louis: CPH, 1973.
Walther's Pastorale: American Lutheran Pastoral Theology, trans. John M. Drickamer. New Haven, Mo.: Lutheran News, Inc., 1995.
For more information about C.F.W. Walther, see:
Arthur H. Drevlow, John M. Drickamer, Glenn E. Reichwald, eds. C.F.W. Walther: The American Luther. Mankato, Minn.: Walther Press, 1987.
W.G. Polack. The Story of C.F.W. Walther. St. Louis: CPH, 1935.
Lewis William Spitz Sr. The Life of Dr. C.F.W. Walther. St. Louis: CPH, 1961.
D.H. Steffens. Doctor Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther. Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1917.
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