Background
David Frederick was born on July 22, 1787 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States, the eldest son of Frederick David and Rosina (Rosenmiller) Schaeffer.
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An Inaugural Address, Delivered Before the Directors of the Theological Seminary of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church: By S. S. ... of Christian Theology, September 5, 1826
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David Frederick Schaeffer
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Schaeffer graduated in 1807 from the University of Pennsylvania, studied theology with his father and with the Philadelphia ministers, J. H. C. Helmuth and J. F. Schmidt. In 1836 he received the degree of D. D. from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland.
Career
After studies David Frederick Schaeffer assisted his father for a while at Whitpain, Montgomery County, and was called in 1808 to the Lutheran church at Frederick, Md. In accordance with the practice then prevailing in the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, he was licensed by that body at Lebanon June 17, 1808, his ordination not taking place until 1812.
He was one of the organizers of the Maryland Synod in 1820, and at the same time was one of the most active in the formation of the national body, the General Synod. When the first meeting of the General Synod convened in his own church October 21, 1821, he was elected its secretary; he was secretary again in 1825, 1827, and 1829, and president in 1831 and 1833.
He conducted the Lutheran Intelligencer from 1826 to 1831. Until a theological seminary could be started, he trained candidates for the ministry; besides his brothers, Frederick Solomon and Frederick Christian, who owed part of their instruction to him, he was responsible for the linguistic and theological education of fourteen ministers, including two who did him much honor, Emanuel Greenwald and Charles Philip Krauth.
When the Gettysburg Theological Seminary was opened in 1826, Schaeffer delivered the charge to its first professor, Samuel Simon Schmucker; the published address is now of considerable doctrinal interest.
The last year of his life was made unhappy by the illness and death of his wife, by his own broken health, and by difficulties with the Maryland Synod, which disciplined him on a charge of intemperance. He died unexpectedly at Frederick and was buried there.
Achievements
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David Frederick Schaeffer founded the first English-language Lutheran church paper, the Lutheran Intelligencer. Besides, he helped to establish the Lutheran Theological Seminary, was one of the founders of the General Synod of the Lutheran church. In spite of opposition he succeeded in introducing English services, and the congregation grew and prospered.
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An Inaugural Address, Delivered Before the Directors of the Theological Seminary of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church: By S. S. ... of Christian Theology, September 5, 1826
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
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An Inaugural Address, Delivered Before the Directors of the Theological Seminary of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church: By S. S. ... of Christian Theology, September 5, 1826
Personality
Schaeffer was a man of commanding presence, marked social gifts, and strong intellect.
Connections
On June 28, 1810, Schaeffer married Elizabeth, daughter of George and Catharine Krebs of Philadelphia, by whom he had six children.
