Christian Moral Actions Flashcards
When was Dietrich Bonhoeffer born?
1906
What type of Christianity did he practice?
Lutherism
What is Lutherism?
Criticised the church if it diverged from the bible
What did he believed should be separated?
The church and the state
What time did Bonhoeffer live in?
WW2
Germany under Hitler’s control
What did some Christian’s do?
Join the Nazi party
What commandment of Jesus’ did this go against?
Love thy neighbour
What were Christian’s separating themselves from?
The Jewish people
What did they want to discard because it was from Jewish origin?
The Old Testament
What has been a big challenge to authority of the state?
Christianity
When was there a split between the German Protestant Churches?
1934
What were the two Protestant branches?
Christian Evangelical Church (created by Hitler)
Confessing Church
Who created the Confessing Church?
Bonhoeffer
Why did people stay in the German Evangelical Church?
They believed that the state’s laws were an expression of God’s laws
Why was it called the confessing church?
They believed that they were the only Christian’s ‘confessing’ their faith
What did some German Christians wear to show support for Nazis National socialism?
Brown uniforms
What did the German Evangelical church do?
Removed all non-Aryan clergy
Tried to remove the Old Testament
Who was seen as the leader of Christianity alongside Jesus?
Hitler
What was the role of a Christian community?
To give its members what they need to live good lives
What is religionless Christianity?
Bonhoeffer’s idea that we should get rid of old-fashioned ideas and separate itself from present ideologies
What did the Confessing church gather to produce in 1934?
The Barmen Declaration
Who wrote the Barmen Declaration?
Karl Barth
What were the core beliefs of the Barmen Declaration?
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
What did Bonhoeffer later see as a weakness to the Declaration?
It’s focus on beliefs rather than action