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Gerhard Müller (theologian)
Gerhard Müller (born 10 May 1929) is a German Lutheran theologian. He served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick between 1982 and 1994. Life Müller was born on 10 May 1929 in Marburg. He studied evangelical theology at the University of Marburg, University of Göttingen and the University of Tübingen. Müller was professor of historical theology at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg for 15 years, from 1967 to 1982. He was editor of the ''Theologische Realenzyklopädie''. He became Landesbischof of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick on 1 October 1982 and served until 31 May 1994. From 1990 to 1993 he also served as Leading Bishop (German: ''Leitender Bischof'') of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany. Müller was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979. He is a member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Müller received an honorary doctorate from the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landesbischof
A Landesbischof () is the head of some Protestant regional churches in Germany. Based on the principle of '' summus episcopus'' (german: landesherrliches Kirchenregiment), after the Reformation each Lutheran prince assumed the position of supreme governor of the state church in his territory. After the First World War, all the German monarchies were abolished and in some regional churches a member of the clergy was elected as ''Landesbischof''. Regional churches not using the term Landesbischof for their chairpersons, and often also allowing laypersons to take that office, use titles such as bishop (Bischof, only clergy), church president (Kirchenpräsident), praeses (Präses), state superintendent (Landessuperintendent, only clergy) or secretary (Schriftführer). Churches with chairpersons titled Landesbischof * Protestant Church in Baden, title used since 1933 * Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, title used since 1933 * Evangelical Lutheran State Church in Brunswick, tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |