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The term doctrine of three offices can be used to designate three related but distinct theological teachings:

  • the three-stage division of the ecclesiastical office into bishop , priest and deacon , which was developed at the time of the early church and has since been common in many churches ;
  • the doctrine of four offices developed by Martin Bucer and Johannes Calvin , according to which pastors, doctors / teachers, elders and deacons are the offices required by the New Testament (although pastors and doctors were viewed as one office in many Reformed church ordinances );
  • the doctrine of the three offices or more often the threefold office ( triplex munus ) of Jesus Christ as king, priest and prophet, developed by Calvin (according to others already by Martin Luther ) on the basis of older teachings and also in the more recent Catholic theology was received.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Schumacher: Bishop - Presbyter - Deacon. An overview of the history and theology of the office. Pneuma, Munich 2010.
  2. ↑ Klauspeter Blaser : Calvin's teaching of the three offices of Christ. Zurich 1970
  3. ↑ Karin Bornkamm : Christ - King and Priest. The office of Christ in Luther in relation to pre- and post-history. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1998.
  4. ↑ Karin Bornkamm:  Office of Christ . In: Religion Past and Present (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 1, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 1998, Sp. 439-440.
  5. ↑ Ludwig Schick : The threefold office of Christ and the Church. On the creation and development of the trilogies. Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Bern 1982, ISBN 3-8204-5981-2 .