Matthias Loy

Matthias Loy (March 17, 1828 - January 26, 1915) was an American

theologian in the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio. Loy was a prominent pastor, editor, author and hymnist who served as president of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio.^[1]

Biography

Matthias Loy was the fourth of seven children of Matthias and Christina Loy, immigrants from

Harrisburg. Here he worked for six years, while attending school. He received a classical education at Harrisburg Academy and graduated at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio

In 1849, he entered the Lutheran ministry and became pastor at

angina pectoris, he retired as professor emeritus in 1902^[2]

Loy edited the Lutheran Standard, official periodical of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio, from 1864 until 1890. In 1881, he founded the Columbus Theological Magazine and managed it for ten years. He was President of the Ohio Synod from 1860 to 1878 and again from 1880 to 1894. In 1887, Muhlenberg College gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He wrote twenty-one hymns and also translated a number of German hymns into the English language. He also edited a translation of Dr. Martin Luther's House Postil in 3 vols. (1874–1884). ^[3]

He died in Columbus on January 26, 1915.^[4]

Matthias Loy, Leader Of Ohio's Lutherans by C. George Fry, in the Scholarly Journal of the
Ohio Historical Society, Volume 76, pages 183–201. The reference notes for this article begin on page 267
.

Matthias Loy, Theologian of American Lutheran Orthodoxy by C. George Fry, in the Springfielder, October 1974, Vol 38, Number 4.
Dr. Matthias Loy and his role in the Election Controversy^{[permanent dead link]} by Timothy Kant (WLS Essays.net)

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