‘A Man of the Hour and the Time’: The Legacy of Gustav Niebuhr
When he was confirmed in 1906 into the membership of Saint John's Church of Lincoln, Illinois, Reinhold Niebuhr, in the custom of the Evangelical Synod, recited a memory verse assigned him by his pastor: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to y...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1980
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Church history
Year: 1980, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, Pages: 416-432 |
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| Summary: | When he was confirmed in 1906 into the membership of Saint John's Church of Lincoln, Illinois, Reinhold Niebuhr, in the custom of the Evangelical Synod, recited a memory verse assigned him by his pastor: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you” (Jeremiah 31:3). No doubt this verse, especially selected for the young Niebuhr, also expressed a father's love and faithfulness, since it was given to Reinhold by Pastor Gustav Niebuhr. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-2613 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3164816 |