“If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.”
Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Work
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
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Author
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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