The Death Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich bonhoeffer uttered these words in a sermon in the kaiser wilhelm memorial church in berlin on june 15 1932.

The death of dietrich bonhoeffer. Dietrich bonhoeffer concilium 163 march 1983 t t clark p. Someone wrote me that bonhoeffer wasn t put to death because he was a christian but because of his involvement in a plot to assassinate hitler. The cost of discipleship p 4 hymns ancient and modern ltd 48 copy quote.

On april 9 1945 lutheran pastor and theologian dietrich bonhoeffer is hanged at flossenburg only days before the american liberation of the pow camp. In the almost fifty years that i worked as a doctor i have hardly ever seen a man die so entirely submissive to the will of god may we all die with such a godly testimony and a godly courage. His best known work is the christian classic the cost of discipleship first published in 1937.

His death ensued after a few seconds. Bonhoeffer s death has nevertheless been widely acknowledged as a true martyrdom a costly confession of the lordship of christ. At the break of dawn on april 9 1945 dietrich bonhoeffer was hanged.

Georges casales theology under the sign of martyrdom. Five insights on death and dying from dietrich bonhoeffer by the editors dietrich bonhoeffer a lutheran pastor and theologian returned to germany from study in america in 1931 where his experience of the black churches helped him turn his faith from phraseology to reality. Dietrich bonhoeffer was a german lutheran pastor and theologian who took part in resisting the nazi government during world war ii.

His death was the ultimate witness to a life of faith. Salvation is free but discipleship will cost you your life. Bonhoeffer was eventually hanged as a war criminal in the german concentration camp at flossenburg.

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. To god be the glory for the life and death of dietrich bonhoeffer. His words were remembered and later retold by a captured raf pilot.