Christian Moral Actions Flashcards

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When was Dietrich Bonhoeffer born?

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1906

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What type of Christianity did he practice?

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Lutherism

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What is Lutherism?

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Criticised the church if it diverged from the bible

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What did he believed should be separated?

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The church and the state

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What time did Bonhoeffer live in?

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WW2
Germany under Hitler’s control

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What did some Christian’s do?

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Join the Nazi party

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What commandment of Jesus’ did this go against?

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Love thy neighbour

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What were Christian’s separating themselves from?

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The Jewish people

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What did they want to discard because it was from Jewish origin?

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The Old Testament

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10
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What has been a big challenge to authority of the state?

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Christianity

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When was there a split between the German Protestant Churches?

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1934

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What were the two Protestant branches?

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Christian Evangelical Church (created by Hitler)
Confessing Church

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Who created the Confessing Church?

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Bonhoeffer

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Why did people stay in the German Evangelical Church?

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They believed that the state’s laws were an expression of God’s laws

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Why was it called the confessing church?

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They believed that they were the only Christian’s ‘confessing’ their faith

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What did some German Christians wear to show support for Nazis National socialism?

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Brown uniforms

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What did the German Evangelical church do?

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Removed all non-Aryan clergy
Tried to remove the Old Testament

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Who was seen as the leader of Christianity alongside Jesus?

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What was the role of a Christian community?

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To give its members what they need to live good lives

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What is religionless Christianity?

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Bonhoeffer’s idea that we should get rid of old-fashioned ideas and separate itself from present ideologies

21
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What did the Confessing church gather to produce in 1934?

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The Barmen Declaration

22
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Who wrote the Barmen Declaration?

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Karl Barth

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What were the core beliefs of the Barmen Declaration?

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Jesus is the only true leader and only way to God
Christian’s must not follow any teaching that does not come from the revelation of Jesus
Other ideologies do not have authority over a person’s life

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What did Bonhoeffer later see as a weakness to the Declaration?

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It’s focus on beliefs rather than action

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What was a major influence on how Bonhoeffer saw religion?
When he studied and experienced Christian culture in America
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What did Bonhoeffer place a huge emphasis on?
Discipleship
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What is discipleship?
Showing exclusive obedience to the leadership of God and burning all other ties
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What is the metaphor that Jesus used on the Sermon on the mount?
That followers must be salt and light
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What does salt and light mean?
Just as salt adds flavour to food Christian’s must act like moral people Being the light held high lights up the whole room
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What was the ‘visible community’?
The followers when their discipleship is visible in action
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What ideas did the confessing church reject?
The Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy The anti-Jewish laws The identification of Hitler as a figure who fulfilled the Christian vision
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What was the place called that Bonhoeffer was asked to look after a seminary?
Finkenwalde
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W hat is a seminary?
A place where Church leaders are trained
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Why was the seminary illegal and secret?
State seminaries were only allowing Aryan people to train in their institutions
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When was the seminary closed?
1937
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Who closed it?
The Gestapo
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What did he think came from a Christian community?
Spiritual discipline
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What was spiritual discipline for Bonhoeffer?
Prayer centred Bible-based Simple Focused on the whole person Communal Action based
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Why was Bonhoeffer unhappy with the confessing church
They were not prepared to voice criticism against the treatment of the Jewish people and the collapse of civil rights in Germany
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What is civil disobedience?
When a group fails to comply with certain laws in peaceful protest
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What actions did Bonhoeffer do in civil disobedience?
Spoke against Hitler in public Joined a plot to assassinate him Rejected the idea of two separate areas of life: private + public
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What happened to him from these actions?
He was sacked from the university he spoke at Banned from attending public lectures
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What were the two types of Grace called?
Costly Cheap