Foreword

Authors

J. W. Behnken, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

10-1-1961

Document Type

Editorial

Keywords

c. f. w. walther, lutheran, pastor, confessions, immigrants, rationalism, saxons, perry county

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

When at Langenchursdorf, Saxony, Germany, on Oct. 25, 1811, another boy, the fourth son and the eighth child in a large family of 12 children, was born to Pastor Gottlob Heinrich Walther and his wife Johanna Wilhelmina, nee Zschenderlein, these God-fearing parents could not have imagined that someday this child would be a prominent pastor, a profound theologian, an outstanding church leader in America.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Behnken, J. W. (1961) "Foreword," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 32, Article 57.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol32/iss1/57