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 3 Collections and/or Records:
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)