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)
A Hymn for Good Shepherd Sunday
Faithful Shepherd gently leading
those with young upon life’s way,
Our Redeemer, friend and Savior,
washed us, made us Yours forever.
Faithful Shepherd gently leading,
help me lead my young to You.
Music Score with Lyrics for All Seven Verses
Mrs. Heather Schulz, the wife of Shoreland Lutheran High School instructor Dan Schulz and mother of their seven children, lives in southern Wisconsin.
“The Natural Law of the Family,” by Dr. Ryan C. MacPherson, President of The Hausvater Project, in Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011)
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