Luther Seminary building, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Controversy over the doctrine of election (or predestination) rocked the Norwegian Synod in the 1880s. A group called the Anti-Missourian Brotherhood split off from the Synod and formed its own seminary in Northfield, Minn. The Norwegian Synod then moved its seminary, Luther Seminary, to Robbinsdale, Minn., in 1888. The seminary was housed in the building depicted here which was destroyed by fire in 1895. After the fire, Luther Seminary temporarily met nearby at the Hotel Georgia.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/luther_images/1042/thumbnail.jp

Camp Release Lutheran, Granite Falls, Minnesota

Congregation outside of Camp Release[?] Lutheran. Back of photograph labeled, Camp Release Mgh\u27s kirke Yellow Medicine Co, Minn. Byget aaret [begun] 1887. Disbanded .https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/lutheran_images/1042/thumbnail.jp

Augsburg Seminary diploma from the 1880s, Minneapolis, Minnesota

This document is an Augsburg Seminary diploma that was presented in the 1880s. The diploma includes an engraving of the seminary\u27s original Main Building which was destroyed by fire sometime before 1900. Diploma reads: Augsburg Seminary; Minneapolis, Minn. ... 188 ; Eksamens-Testimonium fra Augsburg Seminariums theologiske Fakultet; Hr. Kand. theol. ... har underkastet sig Eksamen ved Augsburg Seminarium og kan vi efter denne Pröve give ham vor Anbefaling som ... til det kirkelige Loere- og Praedike-Embede. Translation of diploma: Augsburg Seminary; Minneapolis, Minn. ... 188 ; The Certificate of the Exam from Augsburg Seminary\u27s theological faculty; Mr. Candidate of Theology ... has undergone the exam at Augsburg Seminary and after this test we can give him a recommendation as [qualified, highly qualified, exceptional] to the churchly office of teaching and preaching.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/luther_images/1036/thumbnail.jp

Faculty and student body of Augsburg Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota, sometime in the 1880s

This composite photograph shows the faculty and student body of Augsburg Seminary during one of the years in the 1880s. Note the fluted ruff collar that was typical for clergymen to wear in the Dano-Norwegian Lutheran church tradition.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/luther_images/1004/thumbnail.jp

Hauge Church, Jackson, Minnesota

Front and side exterior side view of Hauge Church with men, women, and buggies.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/lutheran_images/1006/thumbnail.jp

Our Saviour\u27s Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Stereogram of church group outside Our Saviour\u27s Lutheran Church. Back of stereogram has an official label which states, The Norwegian Lutheran Synode Held at Minneapolis, Minn. 1875. The Representatives.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/lutheran_images/1035/thumbnail.jp

Hauge Church, Jackson, Minnesota

Front, back, and side exterior side view of Hauge Church with men, women, buggies and wagon.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/lutheran_images/1007/thumbnail.jp

Trinity Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Interior photograph looking down on congregation from upper left. Shows sanctuary with Reverend giving sermon.https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/lutheran_images/1005/thumbnail.jp

Pontoppidan Lutheran Church, Ellendale, Minnesota

Professional portrait of The Church and Settled Pastors of Pontoppidan Lutheran Congregation from 1868 to 1918 . Includes photos of P.J. Ostergaard, 1884 1886, Nils Olson 1868 1880, N.S. Heggerness 1880 1882, R. Anderson 1887 1890, H.S. Quanbeck 1893 1896, E.O. Larson 1898 1905, H.C. Caspersen 1905 1912, Johan Mattson 1913https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/lutheran_images/1039/thumbnail.jp