Arthur C. Cochrane's academic history of the German church struggle under Hitler places the Barmen Declaration at the climax of the Confessing Church's resistance, crediting the Reformed theologian Karl Barth as principal author alongside the Lutheran pastors Hans Asmussen and Thomas Breit, and tracing the declaration's later use as a confessional standard among Reformed churches worldwide.
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Reliability Tier1
The standard English language academic history of the Confessing Church struggle, tier 1, matching the tier the map already gives its other foundational academic references, used here for Karl Barth's principal authorship and the declaration's later confessional status, corroborating the Evangelical Church in Germany's own institutional record above. NotesUsed for Karl Barth's principal authorship and the declaration's later adoption as a confessional standard among Reformed churches.
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AuthorArthur C. Cochrane
PublisherWestminster Press
URLhttps://archive.org/details/churchsconfessio0000coch_u6g5
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Karl Barth directly: "crediting the Reformed theologian Karl Barth as principal author alongside the Lutheran pastors Hans Asmussen and Thomas Breit, and tracing the declaration's later use as a confessional standard..."
Source Arthur C. Cochrane, The Church's Confession Under Hitler (Westminster Press, 1962)Arthur C. Cochrane
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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