English summary: This volume contains 11 reports with the minutes of the Protestant Church Council of Germany from the years 1954/1955. The texts are thoroughly annotated. The themes taken up in the meetings held during this period were discussed in part with great controversy, ranging from atom-bomb tests to the many problems connected with church work abroad to the revising of Bible texts for new versions; from church finances and the situation of the East German church to the disciplinary rules of the church; from the ...
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English summary: This volume contains 11 reports with the minutes of the Protestant Church Council of Germany from the years 1954/1955. The texts are thoroughly annotated. The themes taken up in the meetings held during this period were discussed in part with great controversy, ranging from atom-bomb tests to the many problems connected with church work abroad to the revising of Bible texts for new versions; from church finances and the situation of the East German church to the disciplinary rules of the church; from the future role of church pastoral care in the military to the question of whether pastors should serve at all in the military; from church opinions on legal matters of marriage to family law. The extensive indices made the volume easy to access. German text. German description: Diese Edition enthalt die elf Sitzungsprotokolle des Rates der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland der Jahre 1954/55. Die Protokolle sind umfassend kommentiert. Die wahrend der Sitzungen behandelten Themen wurden zum Teil kontrovers diskutiert. Der Bogen der Themen spannt sich von einem Wort zu den Atombombentest uber vielfaltige Probleme der Auslandsarbeit bis hin zur Bibelrevision, von den kirchlichen Finanzen und der Lage der Kirche in der DDR bis hin zum kirchlichen Disziplinarrecht sowie von der kunftigen Gestaltung der Militarseelsorge uber die Frage des Wehrdienstes von Geistlichen und zu kirchlichen Voten zur Ehe- und Familiengesetzgebung. Die enthaltenen Register erleichtern den Umgang mit der Edition wesentlich.
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