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Webpage 1: title page and preface
Webpage 2: pages 5-9
- Reasons for Saxon emigration in 1838
- Martin Stephan's role in influening others to emigrate
- Details of financial and transport arrangements
- The first arrivals in Missouri
- Purchase of land 110 miles from St. Louis, later designated Perry County
Webpage 3: pages 10-14
- Details concerning Stephan's appointment as bishop
- The unmasking of Martin Stephan and his dismissal from office
Webpage 4: pages 15-19
- Difficult times for the Perry County congregation
- Division into 5 small congregations: Wittenberg, Seelitz, Dresden, Altenburg and Frohna
- The arrival of Pastor C.F. Gruber and 141 Lutherans from Reust,the Dukedom of Altenburg
- An examination of Stephan's influence on the clergy and the congregations
- Pastor Moritz Bürger resigns his post
- The debate: Is the true church of Christ present within Stephan's emigrant congregation
Webpage 5: pages 20-24
- Reaffirmation of the pastoral function within the congregations
- Establishment of a seminary, which later became Concordia College, 1839
- Attempts to reintroduce the practice of private confession, 1841
- 1849: The cholera epidemic and the death of Pastor Löber
- The appointment of G.A. Schieferdecker to take Löber's place, 1850
Webpage 6: pages 25-29
- Schieferdecker's reassignment to New Orleans and the rescinding of the post
- Pastor Schieferdecker's return to Altenburg
- A short time of peace and prosperity
- Spring 1856: The church schism in Altenburg resulting from the dispute concerning so-called Chiliasm
- Pastor Gruber and Pastor Schieferdecker's rejection of the resolutions passed by the Western District Synod
- Pastor Röbbelen's article in The Lutheran challenging the validity of St. John's Revelation
Webpage 7: pages 30-34
- Pastor Schieferdecker delivers a sermon refuting the article
- The Altenburg congregation divides into factions
- Representatives of the Missouri Synod arrive from St. Louis to investigate
- The agreement reached between Pastor Schieferdecker and the 2 representatives from the synod
- Schieferdecker's promiseAnother short-lived peace
- A committee formed to consider a solution
- Pastor Schieferdecker leaves a committee meeting in protest of people's quarrelous behavior
Webpage 8: pages 35-39
- Pastor Schieferdecker reprimanded for leaving the meeting
- Schieferdecker makes a statement concerning his interpretation of the 17th Article of the Augsburg Confession and Revelation 20
- An angry congregation member's outburst
Webpage 9: pages 40-44
- Letters of complaint to the Synod's President
Webpage 10: pages 45-49
- counter-charges made by other members of the congregation against those registering the complaints
- President Wyneken's letter to Pastor Schieferdecker accusing him of chiliasm and heresy
Webpage 11: pages 50-54
- Pastor Schieferdecker's letter denying the charges
Webpage 12: pages 55-59
- President Wyneken comes to Altenburg
- Colloquium with Prof. Walther in St. Louis
- Report to the Altenburg congregation concerning points of agreement and disagreement
- A tenuous peace is reestablished within the congregation
Webpage 13: pages 60-64
- A portion of the Altenburg congregation writes a letter of protest to the Synod concerning the Western District resolution of the previous year
Webpage 14: pages 65-69
- The appointment of delegates to attend the synodal session in Fort Wayne, October 1857
- Pastor Schieferdecker accused of inciting rebellion
- A letter by Pastor Gruber supporting chiliasm is read before the Synod
Webpage 15: pages 70-74
- Prof. Walther refutes Pastor Gruber's argument
- Debate on the interpretation of prophetic scripture
Webpage 16: pages 75-79
- Debate on the interpretation of the sequence of events leading to the milleninium
- Pastor Schieferdecker accused of heresy
- Pastor Schieferdecker submits his resignation as president of the Western District
- Schieferdecker's interpretation of St. John's Revelation, chapters 19 and 20
Webpage 17: pages 80-84
- Schieferdecker's final statement before the Synod, October 22, 1857
- The Missouri Synod ejects Pastor Schieferdecker from its membership
Webpage 18: pages 85-89
A committee follows Schieferdecker back to Altenburg to report the synod's finding to the congregation
- Pastor Schieferdecker refuses to resign as pastor to the Altenburg congregation
- The committee fires him from his ministerial post
- Congregation members, who supported Schieferdecker, also expelled from the congregation
- Incorporation of the Immanuel Congregation, November 2, 1857
Webpage 19: pages 90-93
- Court cases over church property disputes
- The dedication of the new church
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