Ekklesiologie der sanften Macht. Der 1. Timotheusbrief und die antike Fürstenspiegel-Literatur

• Verfasst von: Becker, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Ekklesiologie der sanften Macht. Der 1. Timotheusbrief und die antike Fürstenspiegel-Literatur
• Verf.angabe: Matthias Becker
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: 29 S.
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Biblische Zeitschrift
• Ort Quelle: Leiden : Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, an imprint of Koninklijke Brill, 1903
• Jahr Quelle: 2020
• Band/Heft Quelle: N.F.64(2020), 2, Seite 277-305
• ISSN Quelle: 0006-2014
• Sprache: ger
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Becker, Matthias, 1982 - : Ekklesiologie der sanften Macht. Der 1. Timotheusbrief und die antike Fürstenspiegel-Literatur. - 2020
• Sach-SW: First Timothy
• Sach-SW: bishops and deacons
• Sach-SW: ecclesiology
• Sach-SW: soft power
• Sach-SW: specula principum
• K10plus-PPN: 1735446505

Abstract

Did early Christian church leaders and political rulers share common characteristics? By reading the First Epistle to Timothy through the lens of Greek and Roman “mirrors for princes” (specula principum) written in the first and early second centuries AD, this article intends to make a new contribution to this issue. The study’s interpretative focus lies on the idealized depiction of Timothy as a role model for early Christian officeholders as well as on the qualifications for bishops and deacons (1 Tim 3:1-13). The comparison of the features of the ideal ruler with those of ideal church leaders shows that central elements of the ecclesiology of First Timothy tap into the Greco-Roman discourse concerning ideal rulership. Yet not only that, it also helps to understand that the power that is undeniably attributed to officeholders is ultimately meant to be a soft power that serves the cause of “preservation” and “salvation” (σωτηρία).