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Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
Pastor
Philosopher
Poet
Resistance Fighter
Theologian
Breslau
Bonhoeffer
Rejected
Suffer
Suffering
Jesus
Christ

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