Bonhoeffer On The Sermon On The Mount

Bonhoeffer to barth september 19 1936 dbwe 14 252 253 emphasis added.

Bonhoeffer on the sermon on the mount. Was this just a general sense based upon familiarity with barth s theology. Matthew 5 according to bonhoeffer focuses on how the law can only perfectly be fulfilled through communion with jesus christ because he is the only one who has every. Now what s really intriguing to me is why bonhoeffer would think in 1934 36 that barth s interpretation of the sermon on the mount was insufficient.

Among other things he wrote of his disapproval of the german lutheran church for their. As bonhoeffer states in the book in stark fashion when christ calls a man he bids him to come and die for bonhoeffer the sermon on the mount is an invitation to participate in that death daily in order that true life may be found. Sermon on the mount by cosimo rosselli 1439 1507 this year i have been reading an edited volume of dietrich bonhoeffer s written works.

The main focus of bonhoeffer s interpretation of the sermon on the mount is its relationship to discipleship especially in regards to an unwavering focus on jesus christ. Jesus manifests his perfect union with the will of god as revealed in the old testament law and prophets. Dietrich bonhoeffer the cost of discipleship.