The concept of the Protestant truth witnesses is one of the central legitimation strategies of the Wittenberg Reformation in its theological-historical derivation. Stefan Michels shows that it proves to be a historiographical concept with ecclesiological origins and extends the ranks of Wittenberg's truth-tellers throughout church history, back to the beginnings of the time of the apostles around Jesus Christ, the teacher of truth and only head of the church.
The concept of the Protestant truth witnesses is one of the central legitimation strategies of the Wittenberg Reformation in its theological-historical derivation. Stefan Michels shows that it proves to be a historiographical concept with ecclesiological origins and extends the ranks of Wittenberg's truth-tellers throughout church history, back to the beginnings of the time of the apostles around Jesus Christ, the teacher of truth and only head of the church.
Stefan Michels
Geboren 1986; Studium der Klass. Philologie und der Ev. Theologie in Gießen und Marburg; 2020 Promotion; seit 2020 Wiss. Mitarbeiter (PostDoc, Kirchengeschichte) an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Ekklesiologie Historiographie Antichristologie Wahrheitszeugendiskurs