Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy’s hatred, the greater his need of love. Be h… - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy’s hatred, the greater his need of love. Be his enmity political or religious, he has nothing to expect from a follower of Jesus but unqualified love. In such love there is no inner discord between private person and official capacity. In both we are disciples of Christ, or we are not Christians at all.

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About Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and founding member of the Confessing Church.

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Alternative Names: Bonhoeffer • Dietrich Bonhoefer • Dieter Bonhoeffer • D. Bonhoeffer • D. Bonhoefer • Bonhoefer • Dietrich BONHOEFFER • Dietrich Bonhoffer • Dietrich Bonhöffer • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich • Bonhoefer, Dietrich • Bonhoffer, Dietrich • Bonhöffer, Dietrich
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