Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson : a bi-centennial memorial of the first regular ordination of an Orthodox pastor in America, done November 24, 1703, at Gloria Dei, the Swedish Lutheran church at Wicaco, Philadelphia . CHAPTER Ordination at Gloria Dei. MEDNESDAY,November 24,1703, marks the date ofthe most noteworthy re-ligious service ever heldwithin the consecratedwalls of the old SwedishLutheran Church,GloriaDei, at Wicacoa in Of the manysolemn and festive oc-casions which have takenpla
Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson : a bi-centennial memorial of the first regular ordination of an Orthodox pastor in America, done November 24, 1703, at Gloria Dei, the Swedish Lutheran church at Wicaco, Philadelphia . CHAPTER Ordination at Gloria Dei. MEDNESDAY,November 24,1703, marks the date ofthe most noteworthy re-ligious service ever heldwithin the consecratedwalls of the old SwedishLutheran Church,GloriaDei, at Wicacoa in Of the manysolemn and festive oc-casions which have takenplace within these ven-erable walls, both underits original Evangelical Lutheran tutelage or the modernProtestant Episcopal regime, not a single one has attained. 16 The question is frequently asked, when and what brought about thetransfer of the Swedish Churches on the Delaware, from the Lutheranto the Protestant Episcopal fold? The change was gradual, and one of (60) 1703-MEMORIAL OF DOM. JUSTUS FALCKNER-1903.
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