Wilhelm Sihler

Wilhelm ( also William) Sihler (* November 12, 1801 ad in Bernstadt own, † October 27, 1885 in Fort Wayne, Indiana), was a Lutheran pastor in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Life

Sihler studied from 1826 to 1829 Protestant Theology in the University of Berlin, where he was influenced by Friedrich Schleiermacher. As a teacher in Breslau and Dresden, he was transformed under the influence of Johann Gottfried Scheibel and Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach to Neuluthertum and decided against a parish in Germany. From 1838 to 1843 he worked as a private tutor in the Baltics. By February 1843 by Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken, damaligem priest in Fort Wayne, published and of Wilhelm Lohe in Germany spread " emergency " on the strong pastor lack of German Lutherans in the Midwest of the United States pointed to Sihler was with ten other young Send theologians there. In 1844 he was ordained in the Evangelical Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States and worked briefly as a pastor and teacher in Pomeroy (Ohio ) until it was in 1845 Successor Wyneken at St. Paul 's Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne. From 1846 to 1861 he was next to the president of a Seminary for the training of pastors for the German immigrant communities. After he ( the later Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod ), together with Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther and the other on April 26, 1847 in Chicago, the " German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states " had founded, walked out of the seminar the Concordia Theological Seminary forth.

Sihler published next to his autobiography, in particular sermon volumes. He is considered by some American Lutherans as "the father of Lutheranism in North America ."

From Sihler 1846 closed marriage with Susanna core nine children were born, including the classical philologist Ernest Gottlieb Sihler.

Writings (selection )

  • Biography of W. Sihler: described on multiple desires of himself. Volume 1 and 2 St. Louis 1879 /80.
  • Calls between two Lutherans about Methodism. 1863 ( English: A Conversation Between Two Lutherans on Methodism ).
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