Confessing Church Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is that a flaw within the german character allowed the rise of hitler and nazism.

Confessing church dietrich bonhoeffer. The confessing church the reformed part of the evangelical church of germany with own leadership which bonhoeffer joined regrettably declined after the third reich. Bekennende kirche pronounced bəˈkɛ nən də ˈkɪʁ çə was a movement within german protestantism during nazi germany that arose in opposition to government sponsored efforts to unify all protestant churches into a single pro nazi protestant reich church. Dietrich bonhoeffer 1906 1945 was a lutheran pastor and theologian living in germany during world war ii.

He was one of the organizers of the confessing church in germany along with karl barth and others who actively opposed the regime of adolf hitler and the nazi oppression of the jews. In april 1935 bonhoeffer returned to germany where the confessing church was under increasing pressure from the gestapo. The confessing church german.

It is a pity that today dietrich bonhoeffer is solely seen as a member of resistance against the nazis. The main aim of his life was the reformation of the german evangelical church. Bonhoeffer s conspiracy was a consequence of his christian discipleship and part of it but conspiracy had not been the first aim of his.

The confessing church was the lawful in god s eyes lawful protestant church of germany during the third reich the confessing church resisted nazi state and nazi church. From september 1933 to april 1935 bonhoeffer served as pastor to several german speaking congregations in london leading them to break with the official german church and join the confessing church. How else can you explain the holocaust coming from one of the world s most cultured nations.

The confessing church was the result of anger at some of the changes made to the organisation and rules of the church. In fact despite bonhoeffer s pleas the leaders of the confessing church were mostly concerned about the idea that hitler was trying to tell them how to run the. Led by martin niemoller and dietrich bonhoeffer the confessing church was formed following a meeting in barmen.

4 february 1906 9 april 1945 was a lutheran pastor theologian anti nazi dissident and key founding member of the confessing church his writings on christianity s role in the secular world have become widely influential and his book the cost of discipleship has been described as a modern classic. Dietrich bonhoeffer and the confessing church by wendy mcelroy a destructive myth haunts world war ii. The confessing church was established in response to the centralisation of the german evangelical church in 1933.