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HAUS-fah-ter

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)

Marriage

Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Library Online Essay File May 2009
Word Alone Network May 2009
World Congress of Families May 2009
God Instituted Marriage to Be a Blessed Estate May 2009
Large Catechism, Sixth Commandment May 2009
The Love a Wife Desires, the Respect a Husband Needs May 2009
Large Catechism, Ninth and Tenth Commandments April 2009
Do Not Covet Your Neighbor's Working Wife April 2009
How Do You Identify the Spiritual Head of Your Home? February 2009

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