Background
Kretzmann, Paul Edward was born on August 24, 1883 in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. Son of Carl H. E. and Elizabeth (Polack) Kretzmann.
Kretzmann, Paul Edward was born on August 24, 1883 in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. Son of Carl H. E. and Elizabeth (Polack) Kretzmann.
Graduate Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1902. Student Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1913.
Doctor of Philosophy., 1915. Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Lutheran Seminary, 1920, Doctor of Divinity, 1922. Student La Salle U., Chicago, Washington University, St. Louis.
Doctor of Education, 1936.
Served as teacher in states of Colorado and Kansas until 1907. Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1906. Pastor St. Peter’s Church, Shady Bend, Kansas, 1905-1907, Emmaus Church, Denver, Colorado, 1907-1912.
Professor sciences and mathematics, Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1912-1919, also assistant pastor 2 chs. Editor, later production manager Concordia Public House, St. Louis, 1919-1923. Assistant pastor Immanuel Church, St. Charles, Missouri, 1919-1938.
Professor theology, Concordia Seminary, 1923-1946. Pastor St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, Forest Park, Illinois, 1946-1948. Past president Orthodox Lutheran Seminary, Minneapolis Past president Orthodox Lutheran Conference.
Author: Keuschheit und Zucht, 1915. Education Among the Jews, 1916. The Liturgical Element in the Early Drama, 1916.Die Pastoralbriefe, 1918. Concordia Teachers’ Library (5 vols.). Christian Art, 1921
Popular Commentary of the Bible (4 vols.), 1921-1924.Knowing and Doing, 1923. The Problems of Adolescence and Youth, 1925. The Mysterious Ways of God, 1925.While It Is Day, 1926. Knowledge unto Salvation, 1927. Missionary Stories for Young People, 1927.Heroes of Missions and Their Work, 1927. A Few Pages from the Life of Luther, 1927. The Mountain School, 1928.John Ludwig Krapf, 1928. The Religion of the Child, 1929. The Pot of Gold, 1929.The Christian Woman as a Social Worker, 1929. Great Missionary Women, 1930. From Heaven Above, 1932.Story of the German Bible, 1933. A Believer’s View of the New Testament, 1933. Preaching Christ Crucified, 1934.The Doctrine of the Call, 1934. It Is the King, Up to Jerusalem, The Foundations Must Stand, 1936. Guiding the Junior, 1937.Finding Our Way Into the Bible, Knowing the Truth, 1938. That Vexing Problem, 1940. My Job as Youth Counselor, 1942.The God of the Bible and Other “Gods,” 1943. In Fellowship with the Savior. Table Prayers, 1945
A Short History of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference, 1953.The Church, the Christian Congregation, and Ministerial Office, 1959. Sermons: Jesus Only, 1955. Also articles, brochures, poems, etc.Co-editor of Concordia Cyclopedia, 1927, Orthodox Lutheran Theologian, Conservative Lutheran Defender.
Served as teacher in states of Colorado and Kansas until 1907. Member American Rockies Alpine. Member Institut litteraire et artistique de France.
Married Louise Schroeder, August 29, 1907. Children: Dorothea, Eleonora, Theodor, Caroline, Hilda.