Hausvater: /HAUS-fah-ter/
noun (German)
1. Housefather.
2. Spiritually responsible head of household, including the housefather as assisted by the housemother.
>> Example: "As the Hausvater should teach it [Christian doctrine] to the entire family ..."
(Martin Luther, Small Catechism, 1529)
The following archive consists of the best blog posts that we have found to promote a biblical vision for family, church, and society in the spirit of the Lutheran confessions. Although The Hausvater Project does not necessarily endorse the full contents of the blogs in which these posts first appeared, the material archived here does deserve a careful read for its positive contributions to Lutheran family life.
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