Today we remember and give thanks for C.F.W. Walther, Theologian. Carl
Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (1811-87), the father of The Lutheran
Church--Missouri Synod, served as its first president from 1847 to 1850 and
then again from 1864 to 1878. In 1839 he emigrated from Saxony,
Germany, with other
Lutherans, who settled in Missouri.
He served as pastor of several congregations in St. Louis, founded Concordia
Seminary, and in 1847 was instrumental in the formation of the LCMS (then
called the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States). Walther worked
tirelessly to promote confessional Lutheran teaching and doctrinal agreement
among all Lutherans in the United
States. He was a prolific writer and
speaker. Among his most influential works are Church and Ministry and The
Proper Distinction between Law and Gospel.
Collect of the Day:
Almighty
God, you give the gift of teachers to your Church. We praise you for the gifts of grace
manifested in your servant Carl Ferdinand, and we pray that your Church may never
be destitute of such gifts; through Jesus Christ, our
Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever.
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