Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Confessing Church

Dietrich bonhoeffer and the confessing church by wendy mcelroy a destructive myth haunts world war ii.

Dietrich bonhoeffer the confessing church. 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. 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. Bonhoeffer was a member of the confessing church movement.

The confessing church was established in response to the centralisation of the german evangelical church in 1933. Led by martin niemoller and dietrich bonhoeffer the confessing church was formed following a meeting in barmen. The confessing church the reformed part of the evangelical church of germany with own leadership which bonhoeffer joined regrettably declined after the third reich.

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. While many members of this movement emphasized the separation of church and state as a status confessionis bonhoeffer was more radical. The main aim of his life was the reformation of the german evangelical church.

Dietrich bonhoeffer 1906 1945 was a lutheran pastor and theologian living in germany during world war ii. 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. The confessing church was the result of anger at some of the changes made to the organisation and rules of the church.

Oddly no one seems to consider mussolini. It is a pity that today dietrich bonhoeffer is solely seen as a member of resistance against the nazis. The confessing church german.

How else can you explain the holocaust coming from one of the world s most cultured nations. 9 april 1945 was a german lutheran pastor theologian dissident anti nazi and founding member of the confessing church. It is that a flaw within the german character allowed the rise of hitler and nazism.