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F. (Friedrich) Bente

1858–1930

A Lutheran theologian and church historian, he is best remembered for work that helped preserve and explain key confessional texts for English-speaking readers. His writing joined careful scholarship with a strong interest in the history of American Lutheranism.

3 Audiobooks

Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

by F. (Friedrich) Bente

American Lutheranism, Volume 2

American Lutheranism, Volume 2

by F. (Friedrich) Bente

American Lutheranism, Volume 1

American Lutheranism, Volume 1

by F. (Friedrich) Bente

About the author

Born in 1858 and deceased in 1930, F. (Friedrich) Bente — also identified in some sources as Gerhard Friedrich Bente — was a theologian and historian associated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.

He is especially noted for editorial and translation work on Concordia Triglotta (1921), a major edition of the Lutheran confessional writings. Library and archival records also connect him with American Lutheranism (1919), showing his interest in the development of Lutheran bodies in the United States.

The available online sources found here are brief, so some biographical details remain limited. Even so, they consistently present him as a serious church scholar whose books continued to matter because they made doctrine and history more accessible to later readers.