John Melvin Moe Papers

A collection of letters, some between Reverend Moe and Roland Seboldt of Augsburg Publishing House, others between Reverend Moe and Norwegian author Per Lønning. The letters are all regarding manuscripts and editing. There are also handwritten notes by Reverend Moe: “Astrophe of Angelic Song” sermon, and “Index of Texts” from the Bible. There is also a flier from Augsburg that has the printed chapel sermon “The Adventure of Faith” given by Arndt L. Halvorson, a copy of an article “The Formula of Concord: Witnessing to the faith” by George W. Forell published in the Lutheran January 1978, and the newsletter Insights from 16 April 1978 with notes in the margins.

Biographical Note

The Reverend John Melvin Moe corresponded with the Augsburg Publishing House in the late 1970s regarding a series of Norwegian books that the press was considering publishing translations of. There are also letters between Reverend Moe and Norwegian pastor, author, and professor Per Lønning, whose meditations on Old Testament texts Reverend Moe translated into English. The Reverend Moe was married in 1976 and retired from ministry at the end of that year. He and his wife moved from Minnesota to Seattle where he continued translation work for Per Lønning and then for Kaare Hagen’s book Den Religiøse Satan, on occult religion.