A state which includes within itself a terrorized church has lost its most faithful servant. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
pg 154 Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer's three conclusions - that the church must question the state, help the state's victims and work against the state, if necessary - were too much for almost everyone. But for him they were inescapable. In time he would do all three.
pg 155 Bonhoeffer
German Christians were convinced that if they bent their theology a bit, it wouldn't matter - the results would be all right in the end. Many of them honestly believed that under Hitler the opportunities for evangelism would increase.
pg 155-156 Bonhoeffer
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