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The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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The Psalter is the great school of prayer.
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Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion.
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A community of Jesus which seeks to hide itself has ceased to follow him.
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The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.
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Man has learned to cope with all questions of importance without recourse to God as a working hypothesis.
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