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Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Decision to Go to London in 1933
We can hardly imagine the difficult and heart-wrenching decisions Dietrich Bonhoeffer was faced with when the German Church became the puppet of Adolf Hitler… When the Aryan paragraph was officially...
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When the Church No Longer is Considered the Church According to Dietrich...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer accepted a position to pastor two German congregations in London, England. However, it wasn’t without some resistance and controversy… …given Bonhoeffer’s prominent role in the...
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What Else Did Dietrich Bonhoerffer Do In London?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer‘s most important contribution during his time in London was… …as de facto leader of the German pastors in England, a group he soon convinced to join the Pastor’s Emergency League...
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Theodor Heckel Went to London to Get Dietrich Bonhoffer on Board
Theodor Heckel of the German Church Foreign Office, went to London, England in February of 1934 to “pacify foreign clergymen and curtail their contact with the press and ecumenical groups…” “….Heckel...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Sought the Help of the Brits…
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, while he was in London in 1933-1934, he… …became particularly close to George K.A. Bell, bishop of Chichester…Bonhoeffer sought to convince Bell and other ecumenical leaders that...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Was Both a Leader and a Maverick
Those are the words written in a helpful book written by Stephen R. Haynes and Lori Brandt Hale in Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians… (Dietrich) Bonhoeffer played a unique role in the German church...
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Not Everyone Was On Board With Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Call to Separate From...
When Dietrich Bonhoeffer was in London (1933-1934), he encouraged his colleagues to pull away from the German Church because of its endorsement of the “Aryan paragraph.” Yet, not everyone was in...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Had a Desire to Go to India
Shortly after arriving in London, Bonhoeffer began to seriously consider a study trip to India… …He wrote to his grandmother (Julie Tafel Bonhoeffer) that India had “more Christianity…than the whole...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Never Made it to India
In England Bonhoeffer sought out Gandhi sympathizers and has his fitness for life in the topics tested. A letter of introduction from George Bell informed Gandhi that his young German friend would be...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer in 1934: Christians May Die For Their Faith
In 1934, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote from London to his friend Erwin Sutz… I believe that all of Christendom should be praying with us for the coming of resistance “to the point of shedding blood”...
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DBCL, that is, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Centre London
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Centre London Welcome to the DBCL website, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Centre London (DBCL). In 2013 an independent centre was founded at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church in London to...
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