A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERPolitical action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.
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Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
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If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?
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God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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The wars of Israel were the only ‘holy wars’ in history, there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
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Being free means being free for the other, because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free.
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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
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We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
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I wonder why it is that we find some days so much more oppressive than others, for no apparent reason. Is it growing pains – or spiritual trial? Once they’re over, the world looks quite a different place again.
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Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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