than tyrannical.… What finally gave me pause was the insight that on this path I would have to give up the established church, because my work would remain possible only within the circles of CC [Confessing Church] congregations. I believed, however, that the abandonment of the established church was not yet commanded, but rather that today the waiting of which Luke 13:6–9 speaks must still hold true. For I know that I am called to serve in these congregations, for their admonition and edification,