The ''Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon'' (''BBKL'') is a

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biographical A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or c ...

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covering persons related to the history of the church, philosophy and literature, founded 1975 by

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (20 December 1906, Brambauer, Lünen – 19 August 1979, Dortmund) was a Protestant theologian and writer. Life Bautz studied theology in Münster, Bethel ( Bielefeld), Berlin and Tübingen. From February 1939 he was ...

. It features about 20,000 articles, many of which used to be freely available online. At present access is pay-only.

Literature

* Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (from Volume 3 (Vol. 3) onwards continued by Traugott Bautz): ''Biographisch-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon'', 14 Bände (+ bisher 14 Ergänzungsbände), Bautz, Hamm 1975ff ** Volume 1 (Aalders–Faustus v. Byzanz), Hamm 1975, ** Volume 2 (Faustus v. Mileve–Jeanne, d'Arc), Hamm 1990, ** Volume 3 (Jedin–Kleinschmidt), Herzberg 1992, ** Volume 4 (Kleist–Leyden), Herzberg 1992, ** Volume 5 (Leyen–Mönch), Herzberg 1993, ** Volume 6 (Moenius–Patijn), Herzberg 1993, ** Volume 7 (Patocka–Remachus), Herzberg 1994, ** Volume 8 (Rembrandt–Scharbel (Charbel)), Herzberg 1994, ** Volume 9 (Scharling–Sheldon), Herzberg 1995, ** Volume 10 (Shelkov–Stoß, Andreas), Herzberg 1995, ** Volume 11 (Stoß, Veit–Tieffenthaler), Herzberg 1996, ** Volume 12 (Tibbon–Volpe), Herzberg 1997, ** Volume 13 (Voltaire–Wolfram von Eschenbach), Herzberg 1998, ** Volume 14 (Abachum–Zygomalas), Herzberg 1998, Supplements: ** Volume 15, Herzberg 1999, ** Volume 16, Herzberg 1999, ** Volume 17, Herzberg 2000, ** Volume 18, Herzberg 2001, ** Volume 19, Nordhausen 2001, ** Volume 20, Nordhausen 2002, ** Volume 21, Nordhausen 2003, ** Volume 22, Nordhausen 2003, ** Volume 23, Nordhausen 2004, ** Volume 24, Nordhausen 2005, ** Volume 25, Nordhausen 2005, ** Volume 26, Nordhausen 2006, ** Volume 27, Nordhausen 2007, ** Volume 28, Nordhausen 2007, ** Volume 29, Nordhausen 2008, ** Volume 30, Nordhausen 2009, ** Volume 31, Nordhausen 2010, ** Volume 32, Nordhausen 2011, ** Volume 33, Nordhausen 2012, ** Volume 34, Nordhausen 2013, ** Volume 35, Nordhausen 2014, ** Volume 36, Nordhausen 2015, ** Volume 37, Nordhausen 2016, ** Volume 38, Nordhausen 2017, ** Volume 39, Nordhausen 2018,

External links

Internet BBKL.de
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