Johannes Friedrich (bishop)

Johannes Friedrich

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

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]

In 2011 he was succeeded as bishop of the ELCB by Heinrich Bedford-Strohm.^[9]

Works available in German

• Anvertraute Talente. 2008
• Verantwortung gemeindenah und in weltweitem Horizont. 2008
• Das Leitungsamt der Kirche in unserer Zeit. 2008
• Zeugen der Wahrheit Gottes. 2006
• Den einmal begonnenen Weg im festen Blick auf das Ziel fortsetzen. 2005
• Die Confessio Augustana und die Christenheit. 2005
• In ökumenischer Gesinnung handeln. 2004
• Die Zukunft gestalten. 2004
• Zuversicht trotz Zwischentief. 2003
• Vertrauen in die ökumenische Gemeinschaft stiften. 2002
• Ökumene in Deutschland - Blick voraus. 2002
• Zum gemeinsamen Zeugnis berufen. 2001
• Unterwegs zur Gemeinschaft. 2000
• Profil zeigen. 2000
• Gott im Bruder?. 1977
• Gott im Anderen? eine methodenkritische Untersuchung von Redaktion, Überlieferung und Tradition in Matthäus 25,31-46. 1976
• Rechtfertigung. 1976

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 (11th of March 2010)
6. ↑ The Lutheran World Federation (10th of March 2010)
7. ↑ Dialogue from a Christian Source (11th of March 2010)
8. ↑ Eugen-Biser-Award 2008 (11th of March 2010)
9. ↑ http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/ueber_uns/ticker-bischofswahl.php

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