Johannes Friedrich (bishop)

Johannes Friedrich (born June 20, 1948 in Bielefeld-Gadderbaum) is German Lutheran theologian and a German Lutheran bishop.

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Education and career

Johannes Friedrich studied theology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and at the University of Tübingen,[1] was reverend in Nuremberg, campus minister at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and German Lutheran Provost at Redeemer Church in Jerusalem.[2] He is a member of the EKD Council of the Protestant Church in Germany,[3] since 1999 Landesbischof (bishop) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria[4] and since 2005 leading bishop of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany.[5] Friedrich has worked on a Lutheran/Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JD)[6] and supports the Christian-Islamic dialogue in order to cause the Christian-Islamic understanding.[7][8]

He will be succeeded as bishop of the ELCB by Heinrich Bedford-Strohm.[9]

Works available in German

References

  1. ^ The Bavarian radio (12th of March 2010)
  2. ^ The Provosts in Jerusalem (12th of March 2010)
  3. ^ New EKD Council elected (11th of March 2010)
  4. ^ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (4th of March 2010)
  5. ^ Bishop Friedrich is Leading United Evangelical Lutheran (11the of March 2010)
  6. ^ The Lutheran World Federation (10th of March 2010)
  7. ^ Dialogue from a Christian Source (11the of March 2010)
  8. ^ Eugen-Biser-Award 2008 (11the of March 2010)
  9. ^ http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/ueber_uns/ticker-bischofswahl.php

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