Background
He was born on June 27, 1852 at Carwitz, Pomerania, Germany, the son of Augustus and Berta (Lohff) Pieper. Augustus Pieper, a town mayor.
In 1870 his mother took the family to America.
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He was born on June 27, 1852 at Carwitz, Pomerania, Germany, the son of Augustus and Berta (Lohff) Pieper. Augustus Pieper, a town mayor.
In 1870 his mother took the family to America.
Franz was sent to the junior colleges at Koeslin and Kolberg. Later he attended Northwestern University at Watertown, Wiscosin, where he received the A. B. degree in 1872. He then attended Concordia Theological Seminary at St. Louis, and was graduated in 1875.
He was ordained in July of 1875. After serving a small congregation at Centerville, Wiscosin, for a little over a year, he went in November 1876, to Manitowoc, where he remained until he was called to Concordia Seminary to teach dogmatics and to be an understudy of Dr. Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther.
He arrived in St. Louis on October 2, 1878, and remained there until his death. In 1880 a storm which had been brewing for three years broke about the head of Dr. Walther. Pieper loyally rushed to his assistance and became involved in a controversy on predestination which was to occupy him actively for the next thirty-five years. The American Lutheran theologians on both sides tried to establish themselves in the eyes of a church rooted in a European culture. Pieper wrote the genial booklet, published in 1913, Zur Einigung der Amerikanisch-lutherischen Kirche in der Lehre von der Bekehrung und Gnadenwahl, in which he made an eloquent plea for peace. This book heralded a new day, and in spite of the failure of efforts to make peace with the Ohio, Iowa, and Buffalo synods, Pieper lived to see his synod adopt a very irenic attitude towards its former antagonists.
In 1882 the Missouri Synod had built a splendid compound of buildings, but Pieper, who was president of the Seminary from 1887 to 1931, found it necessary to erect a new set of fireproof buildings in 1907, and more during a period from 1923 to 1926, the latter project involving an expenditure of about three and a half million dollars. Besides being president of the Seminary and of the Missouri Synod, he served on innumerable committees.
He traveled in Europe twice, in 1898 and in 1911, seeking both times to restore his impaired health. He died in 1931.
Franz August Otto Pieper was president of the Concordia Seminary, one of the magnets that attracted the large group of students. He also was president of the Missouri Synod, during hie administration a splendid compound of fireproof buildings were built. Of his numerous writings, his Christliche Dogmatik (1917 - 1924), in three large volumes, will probably have the most enduring value.
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Pieper was an able administrator.
On January 2, 1877, he was married to Minnie Koehn. They had thirteen children, three of whom became pastors, and five, pastors' wives.
