Berthold von Schenk (1895–1974) was a pastor of

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and pioneer of Lutheran liturgical renewal. Rev. von Schenk was trained for ordained ministry at

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, St. Louis, and served first as pastor of a mission congregation in St. Louis, Bethesda Lutheran Church. Notably he served as an inner-city pastor of Our Saviour Lutheran Church and School in The Bronx, New York. He was an internationally renowned author and scholar. He participated in the first of ecumenical Protestant-Roman Catholic consultations prior to

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. Son of Walter von Schenk (1852-1921) who came from Germany to the United States and was a member of the Schenck zu Schweinsberg family. He and his descendants dropped the long version of the family name. He was a cousin of

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Colonel Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (; 15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair. Despite ...

, who tried to assassinate

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Works

*''The Presence: An Approach to the Holy Communion''. Published by E. Kaufmann, inc, 1945, 189 pages *''The Presence: An approach to the Holy Communion''. Edited by Paul Robert Sauer. Published by The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2010, 174 pages

Literature

*''Berthold Von Schenk (1895-1974): Pioneer of Lutheran Liturgical Renewal'' By C. George Fry, Joel R. Kurz. Published by E. Mellen Press, 2004 *''Lively Stone: The Autobiography of Berthold Von Schenk'' By B Von Schenk, C George Fry, Joel R Kurz. Published by American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2006 * Sauer, Paul Robert. "Berthold von Schenk: Out of Step or Before His Times?." utheran Church–Missouri Synod pastor and a leader in the Lutheran liturgical renewal movement''Concordia Theological Quarterly'' 74 (2010) No. 1: 39–56. http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/SauerBertholdVonSchenk74-1,2.pdf.

References

1895 births 1974 deaths Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century American Lutheran clergy Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod people Concordia Seminary alumni {{lutheran-stub