“Distinction between person and office is wholly alien to the teaching of Jesus. He says nothing about that. He addresses his disciples as men who have left all to follow him, and the precept of non-violence applies equally to private life and official duty. He is the Lord of all life, and demands undivided allegiance.”

Source: Discipleship (1937), Revenge, p. 143.

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German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi 1906–1945

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