Charles Porterfield Krauth
Charles Porterfield Krauth | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 January 1883 | (aged 59)
Education | Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (1841) |
Children | Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth |
Parent | Charles Philip Krauth |
Relatives | Sigmund Spaeth (grandson) |
Religion | Lutheranism |
Writings | The Conservative Reformation and its Theology |
Offices held | Editor of The Lutheran Professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia |
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Charles Porterfield Krauth (March 17, 1823 – January 2, 1883) was a pastor, theologian and educator in the
Education and parish ministry
Born in
In 1864, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.[2]
The Confessional Revival
In 1861, Krauth resigned from parish ministry to serve full-time as editor of The Lutheran, a theological journal. One of The Lutheran’s goals was to restore the confessions of faith found in the Book of Concord to prominence in Lutheran church life.
These documents, especially the
In contrast, Krauth and his collaborators (who eventually included his own father and
Krauth was personally influenced by his reading of the Mercersburg theologians,
Similar revival movements like
The General Council
Conflict between the “American Lutherans” and the leaders of the confessional revival led to a schism. In 1864, Krauth was asked to lead the new seminary in Philadelphia, which was founded by churches of the
During Krauth's lifetime, the LTSP was at Franklin Square.[4] In 1889 it moved to Mount Airy.[4] In 1908 its new library there was dedicated as the Krauth Memorial Library in memory of Krauth.[4]
As the first professor of systematic theology at the new seminary, Krauth was at the intellectual center of the reform movement. He wrote its Fundamental Articles of Faith and Church Polity, as well as the constitutions for its congregations. His liturgical scholarship guided the formation of General Council worship materials. From 1868, Krauth also served as professor of mental and moral philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, and from 1873 as vice-provost.
One of Krauth’s most controversial acts was to prepare a series of theses on pulpit and altar fellowship. Called the “Akron-Galesburg Rule,” these may be summarized as saying “Lutheran pulpits are for Lutheran ministers only, and Lutheran altars are for Lutheran communicants only.” Although Krauth’s Rule permitted exceptions, it was nonetheless a strong repudiation of the broad ecumenical relationships pursued by the General Synod.[citation needed]
Late travels
In 1880 he went to Europe to visit the scenes of the life and labors of Martin Luther, in order to complete a biography, for which he had made extensive preparations. His death prevented completion of the project.
Literary works
- The Conservative Reformation and its Theology, his most significant work (Philadelphia, 1872)
- Tholuck's Commentary on the Gospel of John, translator (1859)
- Christian Liberty in Relation to the Usages of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Maintained and Defended (1860)
- William Fleming's Vocabulary of Philosophy, editor, contributing an introduction and additions (1860; 2d ed.: (Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences), enlarged, New York, 1877)
- The Augsburg Confession, translator, contributing a historical introduction, notes, and index (Philadelphia, 1868)
- "Infant Baptism and Infant Salvation in the Calvinistic System," a review of Hodge's Systematic Theology (1874)
- Ulrici's Review of Strauss (1874)
- Berkeley's Principles, Prolegomena, Notes of Ueberweg, and Original Annotations (1874)
- Chronicle of the Augsburg Confession (1878)
Krauth also wrote poems, translated hymns from the Latin and German, and was a frequent contributor to religious periodicals.
Notes
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
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- ^ Franklin, passim.
- ^ a b c Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia 1908
References
- Bowden, Henry Warner. Dictionary of American Religious Biography. Westport, CT:Greenwood, Press, 1977. ISBN 0-8371-8906-3.
- Church, Michael. “A Beautiful and Right Praxis: the Ecclesiology of the Common Service,” in Essays and Reports of the Lutheran Historical Conference (1998), vol. 18.
- Franklin, R.W. Three Nineteenth-Century Churches: the History of a New Catholicism in Wuerttenburg, England and France. New York and London, Garland Publishing: 1987.
- Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (1908), Dedication of the Krauth Memorial Library: Wednesday, June 3, 1908.
- Nelson, E. Clifford. The Lutherans in North America, revised ed. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.
- Spaeth, Adolph. “Krauth, Charles Porterfield,” article in H.E. Jacobs, ed., The Lutheran Cyclopedia. New York Scribner’s, 1899. A biography by his son-in-law.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
External links
- Charles Porterfield Krauth: The American Chemnitz (PDF) by The Revd. Prof. David Jay Webber
- The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology by Charles Porterfield Krauth
- Krauth, Charles Porterfield. The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology: As Represented in the Augsburg Confession and in the Literature of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1875. (Google Books)
- Bente, F. American Lutheranism Volume II St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House. 1919.
- Wolf, Edmund Jacob. The Lutherans in America; a story of struggle, progress, influence and marvelous growth. New York: J. A. Hill, 1889.
- Charles Porterfield Krauth 1823-1883[permanent dead link] from The Cyber Hymnal
- Spaeth, Adolph. Charles Porterfield Krauth Vol. 1 New York: The Christian Literature Company. 1898 (Google Books)
- In Memoriam: Charles Porterfield Krauth (1883) at the Internet Archive