Veit Ludwig von Seckendorf: Statesman and Scholar

Authors

L. W. Spitz, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

10-1-1945

Document Type

Article

Keywords

ludwig von seckendorf, german, statesman, coburg, historian, piety

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

In the foreword to his history of Lutheranism, Seckendorf has stated his view of a historian's task and his essential qualifications. For the task of a historian, he believes, should be selected the most able councilor or minister, vivid of mind and of pen, one who has been exercised for some years in the greatest and most weighty affairs, diligent, and of approved virtue, piety, and faithfulness, and to whom all secrets can be safely entrusted. To a man having such qualifications should be committed the writing of historical commentaries, not with diminished, but with enlarged income and advanced position of honor. He must also be a person of good judgment and honesty, for, as Seckendorf directs, not only the acts and events themselves, but also their reasons should be truthfully reported as they were stated in the course of the deliberations. Errors should be noted in a separate account, which is not to be published.

Disciplines

History of Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Spitz, L. W. (1945) "Veit Ludwig von Seckendorf: Statesman and Scholar," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 16, Article 64.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol16/iss1/64