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Key Facts: Bayern Abitur Ev. Religion (eA) Exam

270 minutes

Working time at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau (gA: 210 minutes)

ISB Allgemeine Hinweise / Übersichtsblatt zu den Illustrierenden Prüfungsaufgaben ER (Stand September 2023)

120 BE

Maximum Bewertungseinheiten at eA (gA: 100 BE)

ISB Übersichtsblatt Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben ER

13.05.2026

Written date for 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau' in Abitur 2026

KM Bayern, Abiturprüfung 2026 schedule

4-stündig

Weekly hours of the Leistungsfach Evangelische Religionslehre (eA); gA is 2-stündig

ISB Übersichtsblatt Evangelische Religionslehre

Längsschnitt

Course-chosen cross-cutting theme is a compulsory Prüfungsgegenstand in every written eA task

ISB Allgemeine Hinweise zu den Illustrierenden Prüfungsaufgaben ER

3 + 2

Prüfungsfächer: three written plus two oral (Kolloquium); as Leistungsfach, ER eA is a compulsory Abiturprüfungsfach

KM Bayern, Abiturprüfung 2026

300 / 900

Minimum Gesamtqualifikation for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife (up to 600 coursework + 300 exam points)

KM Bayern, Abiturprüfung 2026

Not IQB

Religion is outside Bavaria's common IQB pools; tasks are Bavaria-specific

KM Bayern, Abiturprüfung 2026

EPA 2006

Einheitliche Prüfungsanforderungen Evangelische Religionslehre (KMK, 2006) named as the underlying standard

ISB Allgemeine Hinweise ER

100

Original local English MCQ study items in this bank (not official format)

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BY Abitur Evangelische Religionslehre (eA) is a 270-minute constructed-response Leistungsfach exam (120 BE) on LehrplanPLUS Q-phase content plus a compulsory Längsschnittthema — God-question, sin/justification, work/vocation, church/society, ethics models, two applied-ethics fields, eschatology. This free English MCQ bank is a study adaptation only, not the official German exam format.

Sample Bayern Abitur Ev. Religion (eA) Practice Questions

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1In LehrplanPLUS eA biblical work, Genesis 1:26–28 (imago Dei) is read primarily as a claim that human beings ...
A.are addressed as God's counterparts and commissioned to responsible stewardship of creation
B.physically resemble a corporeal deity
C.share divinity as lesser gods beside YHWH
D.receive an unlimited license to exploit nature
Explanation: At eA the imago Dei grounds human dignity and responsible world-shaping (Weltgestaltung) in tension with Sabbath rest. Dominion is stewardship, not predation — a line that later feeds social-ethics and vocation tasks.
2The double commandment of love (Doppelgebot), named in LehrplanPLUS as a biblical foundation of Christian ethics, joins ...
A.love of God and love of neighbor
B.self-love and love of enemies as equal first principles
C.faith alone and works of the Mosaic law
D.ritual purity and sacrificial atonement
Explanation: Jesus joins Deut 6:5 and Lev 19:18; everything else hangs on these two. At eA this text anchors indicative-imperative ethics alongside Decalogue and Sermon on the Mount.
3Luke 15 (lost sheep, lost coin, prodigal son) functions in LB 12.2 anthropology primarily to show that ...
A.God actively seeks the lost and rejoices over restoration more than over self-assured righteousness
B.acceptance follows only after completed moral achievement
C.penance must be finished before any divine initiative
D.grace eventually expires for unrepentant sinners
Explanation: The chapter answers criticism of Jesus' table fellowship: searching joy over the lost. The father's embrace precedes completed penance — grace as initiative. eA expects this text networked with justification language.
4In Romans 3:21ff, the righteousness of God is revealed as given ...
A.apart from works of the law, through faith, by grace as a gift
B.as wages owed to complete Torah observance
C.exclusively to ethnic Israel as covenant heirs
D.gradually as the believer's moral score improves
Explanation: Paul's justification-by-grace-through-faith is a scriptural root of Reformation Rechtfertigung and LB 12.2/13.1. At eA, connect it to Luther's Romans lecture excerpts named in the curriculum.
5Romans 7's portrayal of the divided will ('I do not do the good I want') supports the eA anthropology claim that ...
A.human agency is conflicted and cannot be reduced to simple moral self-mastery
B.Christians become sinless immediately after baptism
C.the law itself is evil and must be abolished as worthless
D.only biological drives, never conscience, explain failure
Explanation: Röm 7 names the split between intending and doing — a key text for sin as relational disturbance and for simul iustus et peccator. eA expects dialogue with aggression/free-will theories in LB 12.2.
61 Corinthians 15 is central to LB 13.3 because it presents resurrection primarily as ...
A.God's victory over suffering and death that grounds Christian hope
B.proof that souls naturally immortal escape the body forever
C.a metaphor for seasonal agricultural renewal only
D.an optional add-on unrelated to the gospel
Explanation: LehrplanPLUS names 1 Kor 15 for resurrection as victory over Leid und Tod within the 'already/not yet' frame. eA tasks often contrast this with reincarnation or techno-immortality.
7Revelation 21 (new heaven and new earth) and Isaiah 65 function in eA eschatology as images of ...
A.God's transformative completion of creation, not mere escape from the world
B.cyclical reincarnation into improved earthly lives
C.permanent annihilation of all material reality as evil
D.a political utopia achievable by human progress alone
Explanation: Offb 21 and Jes 65 portray new creation — continuity and transformation. eA contrasts these with secular utopias/dystopias and non-Christian afterlife models.
8When eA tasks ask you to 'erschließen' a biblical text for ethics, the expected move is closest to ...
A.stating the text's theological claim and transferring it responsibly to a new problem field
B.quoting a verse as a proof-text that ends all discussion
C.ignoring historical context because only private feelings count
D.treating every narrative detail as a binding legal statute for today
Explanation: EPA/operator literacy at eA rewards textured reading plus transfer (AFB II–III), not proof-texting. LehrplanPLUS ethics uses Decalogue, Bergpredigt, and Doppelgebot as foundations to be interpreted, not sloganized.
9Matthew 5–7 (Sermon on the Mount) in LB 13.1 is best used as ...
A.a radical ethos of the kingdom that intensifies and reorients the law toward love
B.a replacement of the Decalogue that abolishes all earlier commandments
C.advice only for monks, irrelevant to ordinary Christian life
D.a utilitarian handbook for maximizing happiness
Explanation: LehrplanPLUS pairs Decalogue and Bergpredigt in Entstehung und Wirkungsgeschichte. The sermon deepens neighbor-love and enemy-love within kingdom ethics; it does not simply delete Torah.
10Psalm 130 ('Out of the depths') supports LB 12.2's discussion of guilt and forgiveness by emphasizing ...
A.honest lament before God and hope in God's forgiving steadfastness
B.that the righteous need no forgiveness
C.that God ignores human guilt as unimportant
D.that only ritual sacrifice without confession restores relationship
Explanation: Ps 130 is named among further biblical Bezüge for sin and grace. It models Klage and trust in forgiveness — useful for networking anthropology with theodicy language of lament.

About the Bayern Abitur Ev. Religion (eA) Exam

Evangelische Religionslehre at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau is the 4-stündiges Leistungsfach and an official written Abitur subject in Bavaria's first G9 Abitur (2026), governed by LehrplanPLUS Gymnasium for Jahrgangsstufen 12/13 (erhöht). The ISB's overview confirms 270 minutes and up to 120 Bewertungseinheiten at eA (210 minutes/100 BE at gA), conceptually identical Lernbereiche on both levels with greater networking, differentiation, openness and text complexity at eA, and the integrating role of the compulsory Längsschnittthema. Content spans the God-question and religion critique (Feuerbach plus further positions), theodicy (Job, Leibniz, Theologie nach Auschwitz), omnipotence and love (Bonhoeffer, Moltmann), sin and justification (Gen 1–11, Lk 15, Röm 3/7), work and vocation (Luther's Freiheit eines Christenmenschen, Marx's Entfremdung), church and society (two kingdoms, Barth, Bonhoeffer, public/liberation theology), ethical models (Kant, utilitarianism, virtue, discourse, Rawls) with Christian ethics from the Rechtfertigungsglaube, two applied-ethics fields, and eschatology (schon und noch nicht, 1 Kor 15, Offb 21). Religion is not in the common IQB pool, so tasks are Bavaria-specific. This free bank offers 100 original English MCQs for concept and judgment practice only; it is not an official translation, not a format simulation, and not a substitute for official German writing and oral practice.

Exam sponsor: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus (KM Bayern); the ISB publishes LehrplanPLUS curricula and Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Written eA examination of 270 minutes with up to 120 Bewertungseinheiten (gA: 210 minutes, 100 BE). Tasks follow the Einheitliche Prüfungsanforderungen (EPA, KMK 2006) and draw on the Lernbereiche of Jahrgangsstufen 12/13: God-question and religion critique; sin, guilt, and justification; work and vocation; church in society; foundations and models of ethics; two applied-ethics problem fields; and eschatology/christian hope. At eA the course's Längsschnittthema is a compulsory Prüfungsgegenstand in every task. Candidates choose one of four tasks (Textaufgabe, Erweiterte Textaufgabe, or Gestaltungsaufgabe). This OpenExamPrep bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation — not an official translation or format simulation — and cannot replace German constructed-response or Kolloquium practice.

Time Limit

270 minutes at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau (ISB). Per the KM Bayern schedule for Abitur 2026, 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau' (which includes this subject when chosen as a written eA/Leistungsfach subject) sat on 13 May 2026.

Passing Score

Bewertungseinheiten convert to Notenpunkte (0–15). The Allgemeine Hochschulreife requires a Gesamtqualifikation of at least 300 of 900 points: up to 600 from Q-phase coursework and up to 300 from the Abitur exams, with additional minimum-performance rules.

Exam / Certification Fees

No per-subject exam fee is published for regular school candidates in Bavaria; administration runs through the school and the public education pathway.

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Our practice resources: topics covered

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18%

God-Question, Theodicy, and Religion Critique (LB 12.1)

Längsschnittthema choice; Luther/Schleiermacher/Tillich/Barth on the God-question; omnipotence and love; Trinity; theodicy; Feuerbach and further religion-critical positions; transfer to the Längsschnittthema.

15%

Ethics Foundations and Models (LB 13.1)

Ethics vs morality, Kant, utilitarianism, virtue and situation ethics, Weber's conviction/responsibility pair, discourse ethics, Rawls, narrative ethics, and Christian ethics as indicative-imperative grounded in justification.

14%

Biblical Interpretation Across the Curriculum

The curriculum's named texts and interpretive moves: Gen 1–11, Dekalog, Bergpredigt, Doppelgebot, Lk 15, Röm 3/7, Gal 3, 1 Kor 13/15, Offb 21, Jes 65, Ps 130, Reich-Gottes-Gleichnisse; reading for theological function, not proof-texting.

13%

Applied Ethics — Two Fields (LB 13.2)

Medical, peace, animal, economic, environmental, and media ethics across two fields; first-/third-person perspectives; framing, circular reasoning, false analogies.

12%

Anthropology: Sin, Guilt, Justification (LB 12.2)

Identity and self-concept, guilt vs failure, forgiveness, limits of perception, aggression and free will, simul iustus et peccator, liberation from the perfection compulsion.

10%

Eschatology and Hope (LB 13.3)

Already/not-yet, kingdom of God, resurrection (1 Kor 15), judgment as God's justice, new creation (Offb 21), contrasts with reincarnation and secular futures.

8%

Church and Social Ethics (LB 12.4)

Zoon politikon, Hobbes/Rousseau/Arendt/Habermas, two kingdoms, Barth's Königsherrschaft Christi, Bonhoeffer, conciliar process, prophetic justice, ELKB/EKD processes.

6%

Work and Vocation (LB 12.3)

Homo faber, Sabbath, Luther's first article and Christian freedom, vocation, Marx's alienation, justice in the working world.

4%

Interfaith, Reformation Heritage, and Exam Operators

Trinity in dialogue with Judaism and Islam; 95 theses, Worms, Confessio Augustana, 1999 Joint Declaration; plus the 270-minute/120-BE frame, AFB I–III operators, compulsory Längsschnittthema, and 900-point system.

Preparing for the Bayern Abitur Ev. Religion (eA) Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Bewertungseinheiten convert to Notenpunkte (0–15). The Allgemeine Hochschulreife requires a Gesamtqualifikation of at least 300 of 900 points: up to 600 from Q-phase coursework and up to 300 from the Abitur exams, with additional minimum-performance rules.
  • Assessment: Written eA examination of 270 minutes with up to 120 Bewertungseinheiten (gA: 210 minutes, 100 BE). Tasks follow the Einheitliche Prüfungsanforderungen (EPA, KMK 2006) and draw on the Lernbereiche of Jahrgangsstufen 12/13: God-question and religion critique; sin, guilt, and justification; work and vocation; church in society; foundations and models of ethics; two applied-ethics problem fields; and eschatology/christian hope. At eA the course's Längsschnittthema is a compulsory Prüfungsgegenstand in every task. Candidates choose one of four tasks (Textaufgabe, Erweiterte Textaufgabe, or Gestaltungsaufgabe). This OpenExamPrep bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation — not an official translation or format simulation — and cannot replace German constructed-response or Kolloquium practice.
  • Time limit: 270 minutes at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau (ISB). Per the KM Bayern schedule for Abitur 2026, 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau' (which includes this subject when chosen as a written eA/Leistungsfach subject) sat on 13 May 2026.
  • Exam / certification fees: No per-subject exam fee is published for regular school candidates in Bavaria; administration runs through the school and the public education pathway. Official sources

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Bayern Abitur Ev. Religion (eA): Suggested Study Strategy

1Treat the Längsschnittthema as a transfer spine: for every Lernbereich, rehearse one paragraph that connects the theme to God-talk, anthropology, social ethics, and eschatology — that is the eA differentiator in IlluPA examples.
2Learn operators by Anforderungsbereich: AFB I (nennen, skizzieren, wiedergeben, darstellen), AFB II (erläutern, erklären, vergleichen, in Beziehung setzen), AFB III (erörtern, beurteilen, begründen, Stellung nehmen) — match your answer depth to the verb.
3Anchor ethics in the Rechtfertigungsglaube: practice the indicative-imperative structure ('accepted by grace → freed for responsible action') — it remains the distinctively Protestant line through LB 13.1 at eA.
4Know the named biblical texts and their function: Gen 3 (sin as wanting to be like God), Lk 15 (grace seeks the lost), Röm 3/7 (grace vs the divided will), 1 Kor 15 (resurrection as foundation), Offb 21 (new creation).
5For LB 12.4, contrast at least three models: Luther's two kingdoms, Barth's Königsherrschaft Christi, and Bonhoeffer's church options toward an unjust state — eA expects the third approach.
6Prepare two applied-ethics fields (LB 13.2 requires two at eA): train distortion-spotting (framing, circular reasoning, false analogies) in both.
7Use the ISB's Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben (with Lösungshinweise) for timed 270-minute German writing rehearsal; use this MCQ bank for concept checks only.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the official Bavarian Abitur in Evangelische Religionslehre (eA) a multiple-choice test?

No. The official written exam at eA is constructed-response (essay-style tasks with subtasks and material), 270 minutes with up to 120 Bewertungseinheiten. This bank is a free English-language MCQ study adaptation only — not an official translation, not a format simulation, and not a substitute for official German writing or Kolloquium practice.

How long is the written eA exam and when did it take place in 2026?

The ISB's illustrative materials state 270 minutes (120 BE) at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau and 210 minutes (100 BE) at grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau. KM Bayern's Abitur 2026 schedule set 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau' on 13 May 2026.

Which curriculum governs the Leistungsfach for the Abitur 2026?

LehrplanPLUS Gymnasium, Evangelische Religionslehre, Jahrgangsstufen 12/13 (erhöht). The ISB notes that the Lernbereiche are conceptually identical on gA and eA, differ in depth, networking and openness, and that the KMK's Einheitliche Prüfungsanforderungen (EPA 2006) apply; at eA the course's Längsschnittthema is additionally a compulsory Prüfungsgegenstand.

What is the Längsschnittthema and why does it matter at eA?

At the start of the Leistungsfach, the course chooses one complex, current question that can be illuminated from theology, anthropology, and ethics across every Lernbereich. The ISB states that this cross-cutting theme is a Prüfungsgegenstand in every written eA task and typically appears in transfer-oriented operators of higher Anforderungsbereiche.

Which content areas carry the most weight at eA?

By official hour allocations: God-question/philosophy of religion (ca. 36 Std., LB 12.1) and ethics foundations/Christian ethics (ca. 30 Std., LB 13.1) are the largest blocks, followed by anthropology and eschatology (ca. 28 Std. each), then applied ethics (ca. 26 Std.) and work/vocation plus church/society (ca. 24 Std. each). This bank mirrors those weights.

Is Evangelische Religionslehre part of the common IQB task pool?

No. In Bavaria the common IQB pools cover only Deutsch, Mathematik, Englisch, Französisch (since 2017) and Biologie, Chemie, Physik (since 2025). Religion tasks are Bavaria-specific; the ISB publishes illustrative tasks to show structure and level.

Who administers the exam and what does it cost?

The Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus (KM Bayern) administers the Abitur; the ISB supports curricula and illustrative tasks. No per-subject fee is published for regular school candidates — it runs through the public education pathway.