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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)

Womanhood

War on Women: Myth or Reality? April 2013
The Impact of the Reformation on Women in Germany August 2009
Confessional Lutherans Australia: Papers and Studies July 2009
Women Pastors in the Lutheran Church? July 2009
CTCR Reports and Opinions (LCMS) June 2009
Concordian Sisters of Perpetual Parturition May 2009
That They May Teach the Young Women May 2009
What do we say about women working outside of the home? May 2009
Do Not Covet Your Neighbor's Working Wife April 2009

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“The Natural Law of the Family,” by Dr. Ryan C. MacPherson, President of The Hausvater Project, in Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011)

Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH)

 

 
 

 

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