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Former St. Olaf president urges seminarians to live their commitment

Nancy J. Ashmore
July 3, 2002

Mark U. Edwards, Jr., Luther historian and former president of St. Olaf College, urged the members of the Class of 2002 at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, to live out their own passionate commitment through witness and service to others during commencement ceremonies in June. Speaking in Capital University's Mees Auditorium, he challenged the 44 graduates of the seminary to act publicly on their deepest convictions, yet remain humble about truth claims and respectful of others who are passionately committed to other traditions. Edwards served as president at St. Olaf from 1994 until his retirement in 2000. He is the author of Printing, Propaganda and Martin Luther (1994) and Luther's Last Battles: Politics and Polemics, 1531-46 (1983).

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