Date of Award
3-1-1971
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Divinity (M.Div)
Department
Historical Theology
First Advisor
Ralph Bohlmann
Abstract
This paper deals with troubles experienced by the Missouri Synod in general, but its answer to the major problems are based almost exclusively on the writings of Professor Theodore Conrad Graebner. Professor Graebner was on the faculty at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1914 he assumed the role as co-editor of the Lutheran Witness, the official English periodical of the Missouri Synod. Professor Graebner was probably the most important leader of the Missouri Synod who attempted to prove its loyalty during this time. He also became the advisor, for many pastors who did not know what to do in certain situations because their loyalty was questioned. There will be several times in this paper where it is impossible to distinguish between German Lutherans and Missouri Synod Lutherans, but attempts to make this distinction are not always possible. This paper has also limited itself to the English sources. This seemed to be the only fruitful way to deal with the mass of sources available in such a short span of time.
Recommended Citation
Steinbach, Walter, "The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and World War I-A Study of the Loyalty Problem During World War I and Theodore Conrad Graebner's Attempt to Solve it" (1971). Master of Divinity Thesis. 77.
https://scholar.csl.edu/mdiv/77
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