Theodore Edward William Engelder

(January 21, 1865 to June 23, 1949). Born at Olean, New York; educated at Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri; served as pastor at Sugar Grove and Logan, Ohio, 1886–90, and Mount Clemens, Michigan, 1890–1914; president of the Michigan District, The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, 1912–14; professor at Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, 1914–26; Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, 1926–46. Staunch defender of verbal inspiration of Holy Scripture; influenced thinking of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod along confessional Lutheran lines. Contributed to *Lehre und Wehre*, *Theological Monthly*, and *Concordia Theological Monthly*; other works include *Scripture Cannot Be Broken*; *Reason or Revelation?* Editor-in-chief for the English translation of Francis Pieper's *Christliche Dogmatik* which was published 1950–57 (St. Louis: Concordia Pub. House) titled *Christian Dogmatics.*

“Theodore Engelder, 1865–1949,” Concordia Theological Monthly, XX (August 1949), frontispiece and pp. 561–563.
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