Christian Moral Action

Question 1

What is Bonhoeffer’s view on Thoughts vs Action?

Answer 1

That we can only think about, and know, what to do by action

Question 2

What kind of Obedience does Bonhoeffer argue we should have for God?

Answer 2

“Single-minded obedience”

Question 3

What does Bonhoeffer argue we must give up in order to have true faith?

Answer 3

Attachment to life

Question 4

What oath taken in the Church in Germany that Bonhoeffer opposed?

Answer 4

the civil oath to Hitler

Question 5

When was the Confessing Church set up?

Answer 5

1934

Question 6

What offer did the Leaders of the Confessing Church make to Bonhoeffer in 1935?

Answer 6

They asked him to set up and lead an illegal seminary to train new pastors away from the Universities which imposed Aryan Law Restrictions

Question 7

When was the Confessing Church’s seminary closed by the Gestapo?

Answer 7

1937

Question 8

What was Bonhoeffer’s view on the law and morality?

Answer 8

The Law is not the same as morality, and sometimes acting against the law is the moral thing to do

Question 9

What did Bonhoeffer think the role of the church should be?

Answer 9

A source of renewal for those spiritually damaged and should be a refuge for the persecuted