Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Weyen, Frank

Titel

Präses vs. Bischof: Zur Diskussion einer Titelgebung in einer konfessionell heterogenen Landeskirche

Ist Teil von

• Pastoraltheologie : Monatsschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis in Kirche und Gesellschaft, 2016-09, Vol.105 (9), p.408-423

Ort / Verlag

Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

V&R Unipress

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Summary Is „Bishop“ a better Title for the Representative of a Protestant Church? On the Discussion in the United Church of Westfalia. The synod of this church which is the „Landeskirche“ (established Protestants church of a region) in theWest of Germany, a union of Lutheran and Reformed congregations, will discuss the question and finally decide on it. A proposal has been sent out to the congregations as a basis for discussing the matter. The author criticizes that in the discussion so far the pragmatic aspects are overemphasized and the one of visibility of difference to a hierarchical (Catholic) understanding of a bishop are underestimated. As a compromise the title of a “synodal bishop” is suggested.