BONHOEFFER: BACKGROUND Flashcards
What did Bonhoeffer realise while living in America?
That Christianity needed to build relationships between its different Churches/branches without racial and geographical boundaries.
What did Bonhoeffer begin to do, two days after Hitler was made Führer of Germany?
Began to deliver a radio broadcast in which he was critical of the “leadership principle” which Hitler represented.
In what two ways did Bonhoeffer place himself against the Nazi state?
- He became a member of the Confessing Church.
2. He joined he resistance.
When was Bonhoeffer arrested?
1943, by the Gestapo.
What was Bonhoeffer’s fate?
In 1945, Hitler ordered that all registers should be annihilated. Resulting, in Bonhoeffer being hung.
What was the Confessing Church at Finkenwalde?
A breakaway Christian Church that refused to accept Nazi ideology.
What were the three main things the Confessing Church focused on?
The cost of discipleship, sacrifice and suffering.
What did some German Christians do?
Joined the Nazi party and incorporated the ideology into their Christian beliefs.
What were the two split Churches in Nazi Germany?
- Christians in the Nazi controlled German Church.
2. A confessing church which sought to be authentically Christian.
What was Hitler seen as?
The leader of Christianity alongside Jesus.
What did some leaders of the German Christians begin to wear?
Brown uniforms, linking them to the Nazis.
What two beliefs did Christian leaders promote regarding the Aryan cause?
- No ministers with a Jewish ancestry.
- Campaign for the removal of the OT from the Bible (Jewish Scripture).
What did Bonhoeffer accuse German Christians of not?
Confessing their faith, being true to discipleship and following the commands of God.
