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Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe

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233: 299: 285:. He combined all these ideas with a heavy insistence on social renewal. Löhe endured strained relations with the regional authorities over articulating a clear confessional status for the church during a period from 1848 until 1852. At one point, he even considered leaving the church, though ultimately he was able to resolve differences between himself and the church leadership. 421:
In addition to being concerned about foreign matters, Löhe retained a concern for domestic social matters. Here he saw the bad situation of many unmarried girls and young women. In the rural society they had a very underprivileged status and suffered from lack of education. In this spirit, he founded
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Despite being confined to a pastorate in an out-of-the-way village, which he never left, Löhe nevertheless exhibited a keen interest in missionary work. He was particularly concerned about the condition of German immigrants to North America. He solicited funds through a variety of sources to help
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as the center of congregational life. Löhe was especially interested in old Lutheran liturgies. Löhe was also noted for his ontological view of the pastoral office, which he believed existed independently of congregational call as a direct appointment from
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the first Deaconess Mother House in 1849. The house became a place of social and education activity, hosting schools, hospitals, and other social agencies. The deaconesses lived in celibacy and in a spiritual-economic community.
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By most accounts, Löhe was an ideal pastor who interacted well with a variety of different classes of people. He focused his theological studies on the Lutheran Confessions and put considerable thought into the celebration of
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Löhe died in Neuendettelsau on 2 January 1872 at the age of sixty-three, having influenced the life of the Lutheran Church on five continents. The chapel at
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Concerning the Doctrine of the Church and of its Ministry, with Special Reference to the Synod and its Discipline in Our Great Heritage, Volume 3
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sometimes led to conflict with the ecclesiastical bureaucracy. His chief concern was that a parish find its life in the
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Löhe also encouraged the sending of pastors to North America to assist the settlers and help with conversion of the
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preaching attracted large congregations and puzzled the ecclesiastical authorities. A similar experience ensued at
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Löhe's emissaries were among the founders of the LCMS in 1846. In 1853, Löhe supporters established the
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populations. To this end, he constructed two schools to train missionaries, one of which became
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in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Individuals sent by Löhe were instrumental in the founding of the
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The Lutherans in America; a story of struggle, progress, influence and marvelous growth.
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leanings. He transferred through a series of parishes before settling in the village of
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Gesellschaft für Innere und Äußere Mission im Sinne der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche
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Church, Confesional Lutheran writer, and is often regarded as being a founder of the
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Die bayerische Generalsynode vom Frühjahr 1849 und das Lutherische Bekenntnis
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bolster the spiritual state of the immigrant population beginning in 1841.
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Haus-, Schul- und Kirchenbuch für Christen lutherischen Bekenntnisses
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Germany Fed. Rep. 1972 stamp devoted to Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe
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by Vernon P. Kleinig, Concordia Theological Quarterly, April 1998
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Etwas aus der Geschichte des Diaconissenhauses Neuendettelsau.
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Drei Bücher von der Kirche (1845) - his main work, concerning
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Lutheran pastor, Theologian, Professor of Theology (1808–1872)
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A number of his works in English and German are available at
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Project Wittenberg: Johannes Konrad Wilhelm Löhe, 1808-1872
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Lutheran Liturgies from Martin Luther to Wilhelm Löhe (PDF)
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Seed-grains of Prayer: A Manual for Evangelical Christians
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The Life, Work, and Influence of Wilhelm Loehe: 1808–1872
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Erinnerungen aus der Reformationsgeschichte von Franken
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By David C. Ratke, Lenoir-Rhyne College. April 4, 2002
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movement in Lutheranism and a founding sponsor of the
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Fürth
Middle Franconia
Neuendettelsau
Bavaria
University of Erlangen
Lutheran
Lutheran
deaconess
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Neuendettelsau
Bavarian church
eucharist
calendars
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Fürth
Middle Franconia
gymnasium
Nuremberg
University of Erlangen
Reformed
Christian Krafft
Thomas von Kempen
Lutheran Confessions
David Hollaz
University of Berlin
Kirchenlamitz

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evangelical

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