bonhoeffer Flashcards
obedience leadership and doing God’s will
costly grace is true discipleship and can only be achieved by having a single-minded obedience to the will of God, he condemns cheap grace
He strongly criticised leaders such as Hitler who placed themselves above the community, highlighting the need for leaders to serve rather than to dominate.
justification of civil disobedience
BH justified civil disobedience. You have your duty to the state as the state is ordained by God. But, if the state negates itself and imposes unjust measures – it is not fulfilling the will of God and so it is justified to engage in civil disobedience.
what was Bonhoeffer’s role in the Confessing
Church
Bonhoeffer was instrumental in the establishment of Karl Barth’s Confessing Church. He proclaimed Jesus Christ was the only true leader, not figures appropriating Christianity such as Hitler.
Bonhoeffer’s own religious community
at Finkenwalde
Discipline
Community
Meditation
Brotherhood
Bible
dancing cats move brown bins
bonhoeffer obedience quote
only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes’
the call to sicipleship is the call to obedience to the leadership of jesus christ. all christians are called to the discipleship and obedience to the leadership of christ
what was the aryan paragraph
declared jews were forbidden form the church and exluded
what was the barment declaration
decalred jesus as the true leader and established the confessing church.
two types of kingdom did luther suggest
- political, governed by the state and ordained by God
- spiritual, governed by the church
Reischkirke
HItler’s church based on nazi idoltry
biblical quotes suggesting obedience to the state
‘give to caesar what is caesar’s’
‘blessed be the peacemakers’
bonhoeffer book
the cost of discipleship
bonhoeffer obedience comparison in bible
wanted single minded obedience to God’s will just as peter was compelled to in Matthew 14 ‘take courage, do not be afraid’
bonhoeffer still relevant x4
- christians still persecuted.
- religionless christianity becomes more necessary as society becomes more materialistic. ‘spiritual corpses’
- christianity is still being appropriated eg the russian orthodox churhc is used by Putin to enable the invasion of Ukraine
- teaches orthopraxis rather than orthodoxy which is important in a materialistic world.
Stanley Hauerwas on Bonhoeffer relevance
argued BH’s emphasis on truth was particulary needed in western democracy
is NH relevant today NO x4
- finkenwalde was short lived and BH was usually head. plus they lived far from commnity
- BH circumstances veyr extreme, not as now
- ethics focus on a single threat - threats are far more complex in modern western society
4.many argue his end goal with saving jewish people was actually to convert them to christianity = he is not compatible with multi-faith
fletcher exmaple
Mother Maria who gave her life to save a Jewish girl in a concentration camp.
jesus mission to save quote
Luke 14 - he has sent me to set at liberty those who are oppressed.
BH quote about chant
‘only he who cries out for the jews can sing the gregorian chants’
BH proof of costly grace
valkyrie plot?
reutrned from new york in 1939 to be with community
helped multiple Jewish people escape from germany
proverbs 31:8
who will speak up for those with no voices?
example of duty to god over social duties bible
martha and mary luke 10:38 where as martha hurries to make preparations, mary sits at his feet and listens
BH speech
21st jan 1934 gave a speech about proper leadership only a few days before Hitler rose to power. the sermon was on the prophet jeremiah who ‘was not eager to become a prophet of god’ and was humiliated and mocked violently for it.. he was talking of his own future that he felt llike the future God was showing him.
BH key phrases
religionless christianity
spiritual corpses
Finkenwalde
costly and chepa grace
BH puts too much emphasis on suffering YES
- unique time - his theology came out of experiences that arent relevant to Xtianity
- jesus’ own suffering was said to be once and for all and in palce of humans suffering for hteir sins
- seems to ignore jesus rose form the dead to overcome suffering - no mention of hope
BH puts to much emphasis on suffering no
- emerged from understanding of the oppressed
- suffering comes out of solidairty which is the approach jesus took
- jesus called all people to follow after hima dn his suffering so the emphasis is true to the gospel message ‘whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up the cross’
how did germans mininterpret luther
‘here i stand i can do no other’ = presence is enough NO BH SAYS
injustice quote bonhoeffer
We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
bonhoeffer book
the cost of discipleship
quote about salt
‘be like salt and light’ = immerse and integrate into the community. from the sermon on the mount.
rust swrods quote
‘no rusty swords’ = outdated or ineffective ethical attitudes and practices within the church should be discarded
james 2:26
faith without works is dead
why was finkenwalde a flop
-isolated
-no women
-ww2 specific
-shut down quickly
