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“The church ... is not just to bandage the victims under the wheel, but to put a spoke in the wheel itself.”

Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Book:Selected Writings

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Selected Writings

This compilation brings together a diverse range of written works, showcasing the author's expertise and thoughtfulness across different subjects and styles. more

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German pastor, theologian, philosopher, and member of the resistance against the Nazis. Born on February 4, 1906, in Germany, he was executed on April 9, 1945 in a concentration camp. more

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“The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.”

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Book:Letters to London: Bonhoeffer’s previously unpublished correspondence with Ernst Cromwell, 1935-36

Source: Letters to London: Bonhoeffer’s previously unpublished correspondence with Ernst Cromwell, 1935-36

“The future and the hope for the middle class church lies in the renewal of its lifeblood, which is only possible if the church succeeds in winning the working class.”

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“The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts. For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity, or social justice is quite bewildering to anyone brought up on our traditional ethical concepts, while for the Christian who bases his life on the Bible, it merely confirms the fundamental wickedness of evil.”

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“There is not a place to which the Christian can withdraw from the world, whether it be outwardly or in the sphere of the inner life. Any attempt to escape from the world must sooner or later be paid for with a sinful surrender to the world.”

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“When we come to a clearer and more sober estimate of our own limitations and responsibilities, that makes it possible more genuinely to love our neighbor.”

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“Killing is decreed by law but nature loves eternal youth. Whatever she does, however unconscious and unfeeling the act, she seems to cry out: 'Quick! Quick! Quick!' And the more she destroys, the more she is renewed.”

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