p. 183
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The sword wherewith they judge their brethren will fall upon their own heads. Instead of cutting themselves off from the brother as the just from the unjust, they find themselves cut off from Jesus.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Source: Wikiquote: "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" (Quotes, Discipleship (1937): Quotes from English translations of Nachfolge (1937), also translated as The Cost of Discipleship (1949) , The Disciple and Unbelievers)
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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.
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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