Johannes Friedrich (bishop)

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

Johannes Friedrich

Education and career

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 from 2005 leading bishop of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany.[5] Friedrich 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 Friedrich was succeeded as bishop of the ELCB by Heinrich Bedford-Strohm.[9]

Other activities

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 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (12th of March 2010)
  2. The Provosts in Jerusalem Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (12th of March 2010)
  3. New EKD Council elected (11th of March 2010)
  4. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine (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 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (11th of March 2010)
  8. Eugen-Biser-Award 2008 (11th of March 2010)
  9. "Nachrichten zur Bischofswahl (Ticker) - bayern-evangelisch.de". Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  10. Advisory Board Deloitte.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johannes Friedrich.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.