CHI Executive Director Rev. Dr. Daniel Harmelink mocks up one display cube for the upcoming exhibit “Luther Medals and Reformation Coins: Michigan Connections and Collectors.”

Upcoming Museum Exhibit on Collecting Reformation Coins and Medals

Upcoming Museum Exhibit on Collecting Reformation Coins and Medals PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 17, 2024 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. Concordia Historical Institute (CHI) houses the most extensive institutional collection of Reformation coins and medals outside of Germany. For 175 years, Missouri Synod Lutherans have collected these Reformation pieces as

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Women in the Refomation Auxiliary of CHI discussion

Women in the Reformation

What were the women of Wittenberg doing while Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in 1517? How did the Lutheran conception of law, gospel, and vocation affect Europe’s mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives? Did the Reformation have a positive or negative impact on

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CHI Historical Footnotes v.63

Historical Footnotes 2018

The combined 2018 issue of the CHI membership newsletter, Historical Footnotes (volume 63 issues 1 and 2), has been released and boy, is it filled with useful information! Articles in this issue include “Access, Access, access!: CHI Archives Catalog Now Accessible on Computer and Smartphone”, “Advancing the Early History of

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CHI Exhibit Pressed into Service by the Word of God to Close

Concordia Historical Institute’s Museum Exhibit, “Pressed into Service by the Word of God” set to close Saturday, November 10, 2018. Concordia Historical Institute, located on the campus of Concordia Seminary in Clayton, Missouri, announces that the current museum exhibit, “Pressed into Service by the Word of God” will close on

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Spring 2018 CHI Quarterly

Just arrived! The Spring 2018 issue of the Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly (Vol. 91, no.1) has been received from the printer and has been delivered to our mail vendor. The Spring 2018 issue provides some historical perspectives on Lutherans and the civil rights struggle in Selma. It accomplishes this through

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Pressed into Service Exhibit Catalog

Now Available: Museum Exhibit Catalog “Pressed into Service by the Word of God” Documenting the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation Concordia Historical Institute is pleased to make available a detailed full-color catalog of its museum exhibit currently on display on the campus of Concordia Seminary in Clayton, Missouri. “The Lutheran

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Historical Footnotes Fall Winter 2017

The Fall-Winter 2017 issue (v.62, issue 2) of Concordia Historical Institute’s membership newsletter, Historical Footnotes, has just arrived at CHI and has been taken to our mail vendor. Take a look at what’s inside this outstanding issue: “Lutheran History – Excellence in Publication and Service in 2016″ (a report on

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Historical Footnotes Spring Summer 2017

The Historical Footnotes continues in it’s new format to inform CHI members! Volume 62, Issue 1 (Spring-Summer 2017) of the biannual newsletter of Concordia Historical Institute was recently sent out to its members. Volume 62, Issue 1 contains an article on CHI’s current museum exhibit – “Pressed into Service by

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The Auxiliary of Concordia Historical Institute Winter 2017 Luncheon

You are invited to join The Auxiliary of Concordia Historical Institute on December 12, 2017 to hear a special Reformation lecture on “Martin Luther and the Reformation”. The Rev. Dr. Erik Herrmann, Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Chairman of the Department of Historical Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; Director

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Fall 2017 CHI Quarterly

The Fall 2017 issue of the Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly (Vol. 90, no.3) has arrived and is devoted to articles and book reviews centered on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The major article of the issue is by a long-time contributor to the Quarterly, the Rev. Dr. Jack D.

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