Christian Cyclopedia

(June 7, 1865–August 12, 1943). B. Silesia, Ger.; educ. Breklum and Kiel; to Am. 1887; ordained Luth. 1888; prof. ch. hist. German* Theol. Sem. of the General* Synod1887–92; pastor Bremen, near Chester, Illinois, and ed. Zionsbote 1892–98; prof. ch. hist. and symbolics Western Theol. Sem., Atchison, Kansas, 1898–1909; prof. symbolics and hist. of doctrine Hamma Divinity School, Springfield, Ohio, 1909–43. Coauthor A History of Christian Thought. Other works include Churches and Sects of Christendom; History of the Lutheran Church in America; The Lutherans in the Movements for Church Union; Story and Significance of the Augsburg Confession on Its Four Hundredth Anniversary.