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Abstract | P. C. (Polycarp Cyprian) Henkel (1820-1889), was a Lutheran minister of Lincoln County, N.C. The collection is a letter, 1849, from P. C. Henkel to his uncle, Ambrose Henkel, Lutheran minister in Virginia, asking his uncle's views on various church practices and commenting on the conflict between the two Lutheran synods in North Carolina. |
Creator | Henkel, P. C. (Polycarp Cyprian), 1820-1889. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, March 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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P. C. (Polycarp Cyprian) Henkel (1820-1889), Lutheran minister and son of Reverend David Henkel, was born in Lincoln County, N.C. He entered the ministry in 1843, under the Tennessee Synod, and served for 46 years as Lutheran pastor, missionary, organizer, and educator. He was one of the founders of Concordia College at Conover, N.C., and became its first president in 1878.
Back to TopThe collection is a letter, 1849, from P. C. Henkel to his uncle, Ambrose Henkel, Lutheran minister in Virginia, asking his uncle's views on various church practices and commenting on the conflict between the two Lutheran synods in North Carolina, the North Carolina Synod and the Tennessee Synod, and difficulties between persons in the two camps.
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