The Evangelical Church in Germany's own account of the Barmen Declaration documents the Confessing Synod that met at the Gemarke Church in Barmen from 29 to 31 May 1934, the one hundred thirty nine delegates who attended, and the six part declaration adopted without amendment rejecting any authority beside Jesus Christ as a source of the church's proclamation.
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The German Evangelical Church's own institutional record of the synod and declaration, tier 1, matching the tier the map already gives comparable institutional custodian sources, used here for the synod's dates, location and delegate count, corroborated by Arthur Cochrane's academic history below. NotesUsed for the 29 to 31 May 1934 synod dates, the Gemarke Church location, and the delegate count.
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PublisherEvangelical Church in Germany (EKD)
URLhttps://www.ekd.de/en/The-Barmen-Declaration-133.htm
Source Typeinstitutional record
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