Simo Peura

Simo Peura

Simo Peura (born June 15, 1957 in Laukaa , Finland ) is bishop of the Lapua diocese in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland .

Life

After leaving school, Peura studied Protestant theology . In 1983 he received his ordination in Lapua . With a thesis on the theology of Martin Luther , he earned a doctorate in 1990 at the University of Helsinki and worked at the Institute for European History in Mainz. In 2004 Peura was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Lapua.

Fonts (selection)

• More than human? The deification as a topic of the theology of Martin Luther from 1513 to 1519 (publications of the Institute for European History Mainz). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1994 (also dissertation 1990)
• Luther's Understanding of Justification: Forensic or Effective? , In: Evangelical Theological Faculty Bratislava (Ed.): Recent Research on Martin Luther , 1999, pp. 34–57.
• Christ as a favor and a gift. Luther's understanding of justification as a challenge to ecumenical dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church . In: Ahti Jäntti (ed.): The Evangelical Churches in Unifying Europe , Berlin 2003, pp. 29–56.
• Luther's significance for the current ecumenical conversation from an evangelical point of view . In: Rainer Vinke (ed.): Luther research in the 20th century (publications by the Institute for European History Mainz, supplement 62), Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, pp. 235–260.
• Iustitia christiana in Luther's later interpretation of Galatians (1531/1535) . In: Lutherjahrbuch 2004, pp. 179–210.

Web links

• Official website of the Diocese of Lapua