Barmen Declaration

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Christian doctrinal statement Protestant confession of faith historical document theological declaration

The Barmen Declaration is a 1934 Protestant theological statement from the Confessing Church in Nazi Germany that rejected state control over the church and affirmed Christ as the sole authority in Christian life and doctrine.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Barmen Declaration canonical	5
Barmen Declaration of 1934	1
The Theological Declaration of Barmen	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian doctrinal statement ⓘ Protestant confession of faith ⓘ historical document ⓘ theological declaration ⓘ
adoptedAt	First Confessing Synod of the German Evangelical Church ⓘ
adoptedIn	Gemarke Church ⓘ surface form: Barmen-Gemarke Church
associatedMovement	Confessing Church ⓘ
author	Karl Barth ⓘ
category	20th-century Christian text ⓘ documents of Christian resistance to Nazism ⓘ
centralTheme	freedom of the Church under Christ ⓘ limits of state authority ⓘ lordship of Jesus Christ over all areas of life ⓘ
churchContext	Confessing Church ⓘ
cityAdoptedIn	Wuppertal ⓘ surface form: Wuppertal-Barmen
confessionalStatus	recognized confession in some Reformed churches ⓘ
contributor	Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ Martin Niemöller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
date	1934 ⓘ
dateAdopted	May 1934 ⓘ
denominationalContext	German Protestantism ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational text of the Confessing Church ⓘ key document of Christian resistance to Nazism ⓘ
influenced	Reformed confessional documents ⓘ ecumenical theology of church and state ⓘ post-war Protestant ecclesiology ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
opposedTo	German Christians movement ⓘ surface form: German Christian movement Nazification of the church ⓘ state control of the church ⓘ totalitarian ideology in the church ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Barmen ⓘ Wuppertal ⓘ
politicalContext	Nazi Germany ⓘ
rejects	identification of other powers with God’s revelation ⓘ subordination of the Church to political ideology ⓘ
religiousTradition	Protestantism ⓘ Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Reformed Christianity
structure	six theses ⓘ
theologicalPosition	Christ as sole head of the Church ⓘ authority of Scripture ⓘ rejection of false doctrines legitimizing tyranny ⓘ rejection of state supremacy over the Church ⓘ
usedBy	Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ Reformed churches worldwide ⓘ
year	1934 ⓘ

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Subject: Barmen Declaration
Description of subject: The Barmen Declaration is a 1934 Protestant theological statement from the Confessing Church in Nazi Germany that rejected state control over the church and affirmed Christ as the sole authority in Christian life and doctrine.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evangelical Church of Westphalia → follows → Barmen Declaration ⓘ

Evangelical Church in the Rhineland → follows → Barmen Declaration ⓘ

Barmen → siteOf → Barmen Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barmen Declaration of 1934

Karl Barth → coAuthorOf → Barmen Declaration ⓘ

Confessing Church → hasKeyDocument → Barmen Declaration ⓘ

Confessing Church → theologicalBasis → Barmen Declaration ⓘ

Book of Confessions → hasPart → Barmen Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Theological Declaration of Barmen