Bonhoeffer key words

Question 1

national socialism

Answer 1

Nazi party
Hitler
voted in democratically

Question 2

pacifism

Answer 2

rejection / avoidance of violence

conditional / absolute

Question 3

conditional pacifism

Answer 3

violence justified in some cases if prevents future evil

Question 4

concordat

Answer 4

1933 deal signed between Catholic Church and Hitler
• Hitler won’t interfere with church
• church won’t interfere with politics

Question 5

the National Reich Church

Answer 5

merging of Protestant denominations
bishop of church = member of Nazi party
sermons in line with Nazi policies

Question 6

‘German Christians’

Answer 6

name used by Hitler to describe members of National Reich Church

Question 7

Mein Kampf

Answer 7

Hitler’s manifesto

Question 8

the state

Answer 8

government / political leaders

Question 9

duty to state

Answer 9

duty to follow laws

Question 10

duty to God

Answer 10

duty to obey God

superior to duty to state in exceptional circumstances when laws don’t fit with Christian ideology

Question 11

civil disobedience

Answer 11

breaking the laws of your government because you morally disagree with them

Question 12

true discipleship

Answer 12

complete obedience / commitment to God’s will

• putting God before everything else, even own life

Question 13

faith

Answer 13

belief / trust in God

fundamental beliefs / values