Franz Pieper

Franz August Otto Pieper (often known in English as Francis; June 27, 1852 – June 3, 1931) was a Confessional Lutheran theologian who also served as the fourth president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, known at that time as the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States.

Life Pieper was born at Karwitz, Pomerania, ( west of Danzig) and died in St. Louis, Missouri.

From 1882 to 1899, Pieper served on the Board of Colored Missions for the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America. He also served as the fourth president of the Missouri Synod from 1899 to 1911. Translated into English as Christian Dogmatics (1950–1953), it continues to be the basic textbook of doctrinal theology in the Missouri Synod. He was also the main author of A Brief Statement of 1932, an authoritative presentation of the synod's doctrinal stance.

Works Christliche Dogmatik. 4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1917–1924) [English translation: Christian Dogmatics. 4 vols. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950–1953)](In German, public domain) Vol I Vol II Vol III

The Synodical Conference, an essay in The Distinctive Doctrines and Usages of the General Bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States (Philadelphia, 1892), 119-166. Gesetz und Evangelium (1892) Das Grundbekenntnis der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1880). Lehre von der Rechtfertigung (1889) Unsere Stellung in Lehre und Praxis (St. Louis, 1896) Lehrstellung der Missouri-Synode (1897) Christ's Work (1898). Das Wesen des Christentums (1903) Conversion and Election : a Plea for a United Lutheranism (1913, HathiTrust Digital Library) What Is Christianity and Other Essays. John Theodore Mueller, tr. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1933)