Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod pastor at New York and Baltimore. Professor at Luther College, Decorah, IA; Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO; Norwegian Synod seminary; Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, MN; United Norwegian Lutheran Church Seminary, St. Paul, MN. Founder of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church.
The Capital Times • Madison, WI • May 29, 1928 p.4
Dr. Fredrich Schmidt Recalled as leader in Lutheran 'Split'
The death of Dr. Frederich August Schmidt, in Minneapolis at the age of 91, announced in The Capital Times on Monday, recalls the split in the Norwegian Lutheran synod in the early '80's, when Dr. Schmidt led the so-called 'anti-Missourian' fraction.
By this split, which occurred in Madison [Wisc], the church was separated until scarcely a dozen years ago, when a reconciliation occurred. Rasmus B. Anderson, Madison journalist, diplomat and scholar, was a pupil at the age of 15 of Dr. Schmidt in Luther college, Decorah, IA.
Dr. Schmidt, who until his death, lived in St. Paul, was born in Germany on Jan 3, 1837. His father died when Dr. Schmidt was a small lad, and the 4-year-old boy came to the United States with his mother, settling in St. Louis, MO.
GRADUATE OF CONCORDIA
He studied in the German Missouri synod's school in that city and was graduated in 1853 from Concordia college. Four years later he finished work in Concordia seminary and became minister to a German congregation in Eden, NJ, leaving there in 1859 to become pastor of an English Lutheran church in Baltimore, MD.
In 1861 Dr. Schmidt became associated with the Norwegian church when he started teaching in the first Norse school in America at Halfway Creek, near La Crosse. He taught languages chifly.
The next year Luther college, as the school came to b called, was moved to Decorah, IA Dr. Schmidt moving to continue as instructor until 1872. In that year he went to St. Louis and took a professorship in Corcordia seminary, which was then supported by the Norwegian synod. This synod four years later, in 1876, built its own theological seminary in Madison, and again Dr. Schmidt moved.
The seminary stood on Spaight st. and Dr. Schmidt lived here for several years.
Predestination, the Calvinistic doctrine that whether or not a man shall go to Heaven is determined by God at or before the man's birth, caused the syndical split.
Dr. Schmidt headed the faction that left the synod in 1886 and organized "The anti-Missourian Brotherhood." In that year he also became theological instructor at St. Olaf's college, Northfield, Minn, for this faction.
PROMINENT FOR 50 YEARS
When the United church became established, he assumed professorship of systematic theology, remaining thus until 1913, when he retired.
Although a full-blooded German, Prof. Schmidt was for a half century on of the outstanding figures associated with the Norwegian synod. During the years of controversy no name appeared in the Norwegian press so often as that of Dr. Schmidt. Even in retirement, he was never wholly obscure.
A notable funeral service was held for him in Minneapolis. Seven children survive him. One is a pastor in Decorah, IA; two are professors in St. Olaf's college; one is a doctor in Minneapolis; and another is an official in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Two daughters, a married live, in St. Paul and Northfield, Minn.
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The Capital Times • Madison, WI • May 29, 1928 p.4
Dr. Fredrich Schmidt Recalled as leader in Lutheran 'Split'
The death of Dr. Frederich August Schmidt, in Minneapolis at the age of 91, announced in The Capital Times on Monday, recalls the split in the Norwegian Lutheran synod in the early '80's, when Dr. Schmidt led the so-called 'anti-Missourian' fraction.
By this split, which occurred in Madison [Wisc], the church was separated until scarcely a dozen years ago, when a reconciliation occurred. Rasmus B. Anderson, Madison journalist, diplomat and scholar, was a pupil at the age of 15 of Dr. Schmidt in Luther college, Decorah, IA.
Dr. Schmidt, who until his death, lived in St. Paul, was born in Germany on Jan 3, 1837. His father died when Dr. Schmidt was a small lad, and the 4-year-old boy came to the United States with his mother, settling in St. Louis, MO.
GRADUATE OF CONCORDIA
He studied in the German Missouri synod's school in that city and was graduated in 1853 from Concordia college. Four years later he finished work in Concordia seminary and became minister to a German congregation in Eden, NJ, leaving there in 1859 to become pastor of an English Lutheran church in Baltimore, MD.
In 1861 Dr. Schmidt became associated with the Norwegian church when he started teaching in the first Norse school in America at Halfway Creek, near La Crosse. He taught languages chifly.
The next year Luther college, as the school came to b called, was moved to Decorah, IA Dr. Schmidt moving to continue as instructor until 1872. In that year he went to St. Louis and took a professorship in Corcordia seminary, which was then supported by the Norwegian synod. This synod four years later, in 1876, built its own theological seminary in Madison, and again Dr. Schmidt moved.
The seminary stood on Spaight st. and Dr. Schmidt lived here for several years.
Predestination, the Calvinistic doctrine that whether or not a man shall go to Heaven is determined by God at or before the man's birth, caused the syndical split.
Dr. Schmidt headed the faction that left the synod in 1886 and organized "The anti-Missourian Brotherhood." In that year he also became theological instructor at St. Olaf's college, Northfield, Minn, for this faction.
PROMINENT FOR 50 YEARS
When the United church became established, he assumed professorship of systematic theology, remaining thus until 1913, when he retired.
Although a full-blooded German, Prof. Schmidt was for a half century on of the outstanding figures associated with the Norwegian synod. During the years of controversy no name appeared in the Norwegian press so often as that of Dr. Schmidt. Even in retirement, he was never wholly obscure.
A notable funeral service was held for him in Minneapolis. Seven children survive him. One is a pastor in Decorah, IA; two are professors in St. Olaf's college; one is a doctor in Minneapolis; and another is an official in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Two daughters, a married live, in St. Paul and Northfield, Minn.
Contributor: LjBJ (48065439)
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod pastor at New York and Baltimore. Professor at Luther College, Decorah, IA; Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO; Norwegian Synod seminary; Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, MN; United Norwegian Lutheran Church Seminary, St. Paul, MN. Founder of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church.
The Capital Times • Madison, WI • May 29, 1928 p.4
Dr. Fredrich Schmidt Recalled as leader in Lutheran 'Split'
The death of Dr. Frederich August Schmidt, in Minneapolis at the age of 91, announced in The Capital Times on Monday, recalls the split in the Norwegian Lutheran synod in the early '80's, when Dr. Schmidt led the so-called 'anti-Missourian' fraction.
By this split, which occurred in Madison [Wisc], the church was separated until scarcely a dozen years ago, when a reconciliation occurred. Rasmus B. Anderson, Madison journalist, diplomat and scholar, was a pupil at the age of 15 of Dr. Schmidt in Luther college, Decorah, IA.
Dr. Schmidt, who until his death, lived in St. Paul, was born in Germany on Jan 3, 1837. His father died when Dr. Schmidt was a small lad, and the 4-year-old boy came to the United States with his mother, settling in St. Louis, MO.
GRADUATE OF CONCORDIA
He studied in the German Missouri synod's school in that city and was graduated in 1853 from Concordia college. Four years later he finished work in Concordia seminary and became minister to a German congregation in Eden, NJ, leaving there in 1859 to become pastor of an English Lutheran church in Baltimore, MD.
In 1861 Dr. Schmidt became associated with the Norwegian church when he started teaching in the first Norse school in America at Halfway Creek, near La Crosse. He taught languages chifly.
The next year Luther college, as the school came to b called, was moved to Decorah, IA Dr. Schmidt moving to continue as instructor until 1872. In that year he went to St. Louis and took a professorship in Corcordia seminary, which was then supported by the Norwegian synod. This synod four years later, in 1876, built its own theological seminary in Madison, and again Dr. Schmidt moved.
The seminary stood on Spaight st. and Dr. Schmidt lived here for several years.
Predestination, the Calvinistic doctrine that whether or not a man shall go to Heaven is determined by God at or before the man's birth, caused the syndical split.
Dr. Schmidt headed the faction that left the synod in 1886 and organized "The anti-Missourian Brotherhood." In that year he also became theological instructor at St. Olaf's college, Northfield, Minn, for this faction.
PROMINENT FOR 50 YEARS
When the United church became established, he assumed professorship of systematic theology, remaining thus until 1913, when he retired.
Although a full-blooded German, Prof. Schmidt was for a half century on of the outstanding figures associated with the Norwegian synod. During the years of controversy no name appeared in the Norwegian press so often as that of Dr. Schmidt. Even in retirement, he was never wholly obscure.
A notable funeral service was held for him in Minneapolis. Seven children survive him. One is a pastor in Decorah, IA; two are professors in St. Olaf's college; one is a doctor in Minneapolis; and another is an official in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Two daughters, a married live, in St. Paul and Northfield, Minn.
Contributor: LjBJ (48065439)
The Capital Times • Madison, WI • May 29, 1928 p.4
Dr. Fredrich Schmidt Recalled as leader in Lutheran 'Split'
The death of Dr. Frederich August Schmidt, in Minneapolis at the age of 91, announced in The Capital Times on Monday, recalls the split in the Norwegian Lutheran synod in the early '80's, when Dr. Schmidt led the so-called 'anti-Missourian' fraction.
By this split, which occurred in Madison [Wisc], the church was separated until scarcely a dozen years ago, when a reconciliation occurred. Rasmus B. Anderson, Madison journalist, diplomat and scholar, was a pupil at the age of 15 of Dr. Schmidt in Luther college, Decorah, IA.
Dr. Schmidt, who until his death, lived in St. Paul, was born in Germany on Jan 3, 1837. His father died when Dr. Schmidt was a small lad, and the 4-year-old boy came to the United States with his mother, settling in St. Louis, MO.
GRADUATE OF CONCORDIA
He studied in the German Missouri synod's school in that city and was graduated in 1853 from Concordia college. Four years later he finished work in Concordia seminary and became minister to a German congregation in Eden, NJ, leaving there in 1859 to become pastor of an English Lutheran church in Baltimore, MD.
In 1861 Dr. Schmidt became associated with the Norwegian church when he started teaching in the first Norse school in America at Halfway Creek, near La Crosse. He taught languages chifly.
The next year Luther college, as the school came to b called, was moved to Decorah, IA Dr. Schmidt moving to continue as instructor until 1872. In that year he went to St. Louis and took a professorship in Corcordia seminary, which was then supported by the Norwegian synod. This synod four years later, in 1876, built its own theological seminary in Madison, and again Dr. Schmidt moved.
The seminary stood on Spaight st. and Dr. Schmidt lived here for several years.
Predestination, the Calvinistic doctrine that whether or not a man shall go to Heaven is determined by God at or before the man's birth, caused the syndical split.
Dr. Schmidt headed the faction that left the synod in 1886 and organized "The anti-Missourian Brotherhood." In that year he also became theological instructor at St. Olaf's college, Northfield, Minn, for this faction.
PROMINENT FOR 50 YEARS
When the United church became established, he assumed professorship of systematic theology, remaining thus until 1913, when he retired.
Although a full-blooded German, Prof. Schmidt was for a half century on of the outstanding figures associated with the Norwegian synod. During the years of controversy no name appeared in the Norwegian press so often as that of Dr. Schmidt. Even in retirement, he was never wholly obscure.
A notable funeral service was held for him in Minneapolis. Seven children survive him. One is a pastor in Decorah, IA; two are professors in St. Olaf's college; one is a doctor in Minneapolis; and another is an official in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Two daughters, a married live, in St. Paul and Northfield, Minn.
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