The First Free Diet [formal discussion] of the Lutheran Church was held at St. Matthew’s Church in Philadelphia on December 27-28, 1877. It had representatives from four of the largest Synods at the time. The speakers included some of the great defenders of orthodox Lutheranism in America: Emanuel Greenwald, Charles Krauth, Henry Eyster Jacobs and others.
The remarks made by participants are of particular interest.

tags: [“History — Lutheran”, “Lutheran Confessions”, “Book of Concord”, “Liturgy”, “Means of Grace”]

Included:

• The Relations Of The Lutheran Church To The Denominations Around Us by Charles Porterfield Krauth.

• Misunderstandings And Misrepresentations Of The Lutheran Church by Joseph Augustus Seiss.

• True And False Spirituality In The Lutheran Church by Emanuel Greenwald.

• The Augsburg Confession And The Thirty-nine Articles Of The Anglican Church. by John Gottlieb Morris.

• Theses On The Lutheranism Of The Fathers Of The Church In This Country by William Julius Mann.

• The Four General Bodies Of The Lutheran Church In The United States by James Allen Brown.

• The History And Progress Of The Lutheran Church In The United States by Henry Eyster Jacobs.

• Education In The Lutheran Church In The United States by Milton Valentine.

• The Interests Of The Lutheran Church In America As Affected By Diversities Of Language by Diller Luther, M. D., Reading, Pa.

• The Characteristics Of The Augsburg Confession by Frederick W. Conrad.

• Liturgical Forms In Worship by Charles Augustus Stork.

• The Divine And Human Factors In The Call To The Ministerial Office, According To The Older Lutheran Authorities by G. Diehl.

• The Educational And Sacramental Ideas Of The Lutheran Church In Relation To Practical Piety by Augustus Charles Wedekind.

Publication Information

• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2018
• Copyright: CC BY 4.0