A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States

by Henry Eyster Jacobs

Publisher:

Christian Literature Company

, 1897

Overview

American Lutheranism represents a confluence of ecclesiastical and national streams flowing from the headwaters of Luther’s Germany. Since the time of early Dutch settlers along the Delaware River and German immigrants to William Penn’s Pennsylvania, the church has formed its identity from disparate branches of Lutheran tradition. Henry Eyster Jacobs explores these tributaries and documents their unique contributions to Lutheranism in the United States.

Product Details

• Title: A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States
• Author: Henry Eyster Jacobs
• Series: The American Church History Series
• Volume: IV
• Publisher: Christian Literature Company
• Print Publication Date: 1897
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 539
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Lutheran Church › United States--History; Lutherans › United States
• Resource ID: LLS:HSTVNGLCLNTSTTS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-12-19T23:39:53Z

About Henry Eyster Jacobs

Henry Eyster Jacobs was professor at Pennsylvania College and, later, professor of systematic theology and president at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He also served as president of the General Conference of Lutherans, the American Society of Church History, and the German Society of Pennsylvania. He authored or edited numerous books including the The Lutheran Cyclopedia, The Lutheran Commentary (12 vols.), A Summary of the Christian Faith, First Free Lutheran Diet in America, Philadelphia, December 27–28, 1877, The Lutheran Movement in England, Martin Luther: The Hero of the Reformation, and The German Emigration to America, 1709–40.