Today in History (January 3): 1521 At age 38, Luther was excommunicated by papal bull "Decet Romanum Pontificum" issued by Pope Leo X; term Lutheran was used in the bull in order to stigmatize them as heretics and separatists from the Church - the insulting epithet was adopted as a badge of honor; Luther was accused for challenging abuses in church; Luther soon after went into hiding for eight months at the Wartburg Castle, where he began his famous translation of the Bible into German 1816 Frederick William Conrad, Lutheran editor and pastor in Midwest, born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania 1831 Christoph Ludwig Eberhardt, Michigan Synod missionary and president, born in Lauffen, Wuerttemburg 1834 Birth of Ferdinand Doederlein; immigrated to America in 1859; attended seminary at the Neudettelsau Indian Mission and later served as missionary to the Crows (d. 1915) 1837 Friedrich August Schmid(t), professor at St. Louis, Luther Theological Seminary, born in Leutenberg, Thuringia, Germany; graduate of St. Louis Seminary (1857); pastor at Eden, New York and Baltimore; teacher at Luther College (1861-72); Norwegian Synod professor at St. Louis Seminary (1872-76); Luther Seminary (1876-86); Antimissouri Seminary (1886-90);Augsburg Seminary (1890-93); United Norwegian Church Seminary (1893-1912); edited various Lutheran publications and authored a number of books; created D.D. by Capital University (1883) 1908 Gustav Adolf Theodor Felix Hoenecke, studied theology at Halle; came to America with the Berlin Missionary Society and the Wisconsin Synod; pastor in Farmington; professor at Watertown, Wisconsin; pastor in Milwaukee; editor, theologian, homeletician, and author; "generally acclaimed, within and without his synod, as one of the great men of the Lutheran Church of this country; died at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1915 Death of Ferdinand Doederlein; immigrated to America in 1859; attended seminary at the Neudettelsau Indian Mission and later served as missionary to the Crows (b. 1834) ----- If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404