›Vorbild Jesu‹

The article examines the paradigm of the 'example of Jesus' within the context of the 2025 EKD Peace Memorandum by analyzing relevant New Testament and other historical texts. The action structures described or narrated in these texts vary in complexity - ranging from two- to three- or four-place dynamics - and carry distinct implications for the questions of nonviolence, love of enemies, and military service. Ultimately, every theological position on this matter rests on specific assumptions and entails its own inherent costs - the disclosure of which ought to be a significant task of such memoranda.