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This Month in Lutheran History
[Monthly Index]
- October 1
- 1529 - At the Marburg Colloquy, Lutherans and Sacramentarians
met to settle their dispute over the doctrine of Holy Communion -- the main disagreement being the question
of whether Christ's body and blood are corporally present in the bread and wine.
- October 2
- 1892 - Rudolf Lange died. Lange was sent to America
by Wilhelm Loehe, taught at both the St. Louis and Fort Wayne seminaries, and served as pastor in St.
Charles, Missouri.
- October 4
- 1893 - Walter A. Maier was born. Maier was the first full-time
secretary of the Walther League, the first speaker on the Lutheran Hour, and a professor at Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis.
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- October 7
- 1787 - Henry M. Muhlenberg,
the "Father of American Lutheranism", died.
- October 8
- 1862 - Frederick Graebner, director of Concordia College,
Adelaide, Australia, was born.
- October 9
- 1939 - Friedrich Pfotenhauer, president of the Missouri
Synod (1911-1935), died.
- October 11
- 1828 - C.H. Loeber, director of Concordia College,
Milwaukee, was born.
- October 12
- 1901 - Eduard Baierlein died. Baierlein was a
missionary to the Chippewa of Michigan and to India.
- October 14
- 1925 - C.C. Schmidt, pastor of Holy Cross, St. Louis,
and vice-president of the Missouri Synod, died.
- October 15
- 1838 - Martin Stephan, leader of the Saxon Immigration,
was placed under house arrest by the Dresden authorities.
- October 23
- 1859 - Frederick William Herzberger born. Herzberger was
the first city missionary of the Missouri Synod, serving in St. Louis, Missouri.
- October 25
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- 1811 - C.F.W. Walther was born. Walther was one of the
original Saxon Immigrants. He co-founded the log cabin college in Altenberg, Missouri, and served as
the president of the Missouri Synod (1847-1850 and 1864-1878).
- 1838 - After making a direct plea to the King,
Martin Stephan was released from house arrest so that he could sail to America with the last of
the Saxons.
- October 27
- 1885 - Wilhelm Sihler died. Sihler was sent to America
by Wilhelm Loehe and helped found Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, in 1846.
- October 29
- 1825 - Johann Andreas Mueller, the first graduate of
the log cabin college in Altenberg, Missouri, was born.
- October 31
- 1517 - Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses
to the church door in Wittenberg, sparking of the Protestant Reformation.
- 1817 - 300 years after Luther, Claus Harms issued his
own Ninety-Five Theses, challenging rationalism and the proposed Prussion Union.
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