First Faith, Then Reason

Authors

John Philpp Koehler, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Wauwatosa

Publication Date

4-1-1971

Document Type

Article

Keywords

faith, intellectual, knowledge, dogmatics, history

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

John Philipp Koehler (1859-1951) was a professor of church history at the theological seminary of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod at Wauwatosa, Wis., from 1900 to 1930. This essay, translated by Philemon Hensel, was first delivered in German to a conference of pastors and professors in the early 1920s. It is here reprinted with permission from Faith-Life, XLI (May/ June 1968), 15-18.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Koehler, John Philpp (1971) "First Faith, Then Reason," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 42, Article 25.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol42/iss1/25