Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes about Christianity

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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Godly, Following Christ, Christianity

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.17, SCM Press

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Godly, Christian Inspirational, Christianity

Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Infinite, Christianity, Worthless

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2008). “Barcelona, Berlin, New York, 1928-1931”

Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christianity, Christ, Discipleship

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.17, SCM Press

If religion is onlya garment of Christianityand even this garment has looked very different at different timesthen what is religionless Christianity?

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Different, Christianity, Garments

With an abstract idea it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps even to put it into practice; but it can never be followed in personal obedience. Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Practice, Ideas, Christianity

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.17, SCM Press