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At a time when much of the world was either enticed with or entrapped by fascism, Dietrich Bonhoeffer dared to live the morally responsible Christian life to its most expressive, and tragic, end. As a theologically rooted opponent to National Socialism, and later as a member of the political resistance against Nazism, Bonhoeffer was recognized as a leader even by his enemies and was hanged by the...

the study of the aged Luther’s vivid apocalyptic and eschatological visions had a very disturbing effect. The words “finis, finis, finis instat” haunted Bonhoeffer and challenged his personal faith. Luther made an enormous impact on him. Should he choose Holl as his mentor? After these brilliant performances in the historical field, he finally took the plunge into his favorite subject, dogmatics, but the result was near failure. The title of his first essay in the seminar on systematic theology was,
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