Episcopacy in the Lutheran Church? : studies in the development and definition of the office of church leadership / edited by Ivar Asheim and Victor R. Gold ; with an afterword by Jerald C. Brauer

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Philadelphia : Fortress Press, [1969, c1970]Description: viii, 261 p. ; 24 cmUniform titles:
  • Kirchenpräsident oder Bischof? English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 262.12 Ep46i
Contents:
Church government and the office of the bishop in the first three centuries, by L. Goppelt.--Church government and the office of bishop from the fourth century to the Reformation, by E. Beyreuther.--The development of the offices of leadership in the German Lutheran churches, 1517-1918, by B. Lohse.--The development of offices of leadership in the German Lutheran churches, 1918-present, by K. Schmidt-Clausen.--The post-Reformation developments of the episcopacy in Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, by S. Borregaard.--The post-Reformation developments of the episcopacy in Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic States, by M. Parvio.--The development of the offices of leadership in the Lutheran churches of Eastern Europe, by H.-M. Thimme.--Lutheran ecclesiastical government in the United States of America, by T. G. Tappert.--The derivative churches: Latin American, Africa, Asia, Australia, by A. Sovik.

Translation of Kirchenpräsident oder Bischof?

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 215-251)

Church government and the office of the bishop in the first three centuries, by L. Goppelt.--Church government and the office of bishop from the fourth century to the Reformation, by E. Beyreuther.--The development of the offices of leadership in the German Lutheran churches, 1517-1918, by B. Lohse.--The development of offices of leadership in the German Lutheran churches, 1918-present, by K. Schmidt-Clausen.--The post-Reformation developments of the episcopacy in Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, by S. Borregaard.--The post-Reformation developments of the episcopacy in Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic States, by M. Parvio.--The development of the offices of leadership in the Lutheran churches of Eastern Europe, by H.-M. Thimme.--Lutheran ecclesiastical government in the United States of America, by T. G. Tappert.--The derivative churches: Latin American, Africa, Asia, Australia, by A. Sovik.

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