Löhe, Wilhelm, 1808-1872
Dates
- Existence: 1808-02-21 - 1872-01-02
Biographical / Historical
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe (21 February 1808 - 2 January 1872) (often rendered 'Loehe') was a pastor of the Lutheran Church, Neo-Lutheran writer, and is often regarded as being a founder of the deaconess movement in Lutheranism and a founding sponsor of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS). He was a pastor in nineteenth-century Germany. From the small town of Neuendettelsau, he sent pastors to North America, Australia, New Guinea, Brazil, and the Ukraine. His work for a clear confessional basis within the Bavarian church sometimes led to conflict with the ecclesiastical bureaucracy. His chief concern was that a parish find its life in the eucharist, and from that source evangelism and social ministries would flow. Many Lutheran congregations in Michigan, Ohio, and Iowa were either founded or influenced by missionaries sent by Löhe. He is commemorated by the ELCA and the LCMS on 2 January. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Konrad_Wilhelm_L%C3%B6he
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Ferdinand Doederlein (1834-1915) Diaries
The collection contains the original diary of Doederlein's travels, transcriptions and translations, notes, and photographs. Two memory books contain entries dated 1857-1859 by his parents and siblings and by people at Neuendettelsau, including Gottfried Fritschel and Wilhelm Loehe, prior to his coming to the U.S.
Frankenmuth (Michigan) Historical Collection
Immanuel Lutheran Church (Frankentrost [Saginaw], Michigan) Records
- Handwritten German constitution
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1847-1880, German
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1881-1928, German / English
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1929-1970, English
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1971-2015, English
Albert Kluge Papers
The collection contains notes on Loehe's lectures: Kirchenrecht aller Christlichen Confessionen, and Exegesis of Romans.
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe (1808-1872) Papers
Sabbath und Vorsabbath. Eine Anweisung zum Herzensgebet von Wilhelm Löhe, 1843
Sabbath und Vorsabbath. Eine Anweisung zum Herzensgebet von Wilhelm Löhe. Nördlingen, 1843 (OCLC: 249611700)
Wilhelm Löhe's Relation to the American Church by James Lewis Schaaf, 1961
Wilhelm Löhe's Relation to the American Church: A Study in the History of Lutheran Mission by James Lewis Schaaf. Inaugural Dissertation zur Erlangung der Würde eines Diktors der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Ruprecht-Karl-Universität zu Heidelberg, 1961. (OCLC: 3950583, 247 pages)