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The Christian does not live in a vacuum, says the author, but in a world of government, politics, labor, and marriage. Hence, Christian ethics cannot exist in a vacuum; what the Christian needs, claims Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is concrete instruction in a concrete situation. Although the author... read more
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“What is worse than doing evil is being evil. It worse for a liar to tell the truth than of a lover of truth to lie.”
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“Jesus is not concerned with the proclamation and realization of new ethical ideals; He is not concerned with Himself being good (Matt. 19.17); He is concerned solely with love for the real man, and for that reason He is abel to enter into the fellowship of the guilt of men and to take the burden of their guilt upon Himself.”
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The knowledge of good and evil seems to be the aim of all ethical reflection.
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- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author)
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- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Theology › Ethics
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Theology › Pastoral Theology
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Theology › Moral Theology
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