Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Quiz

Eric Metaxas

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How did the German Pastor's Emergency League respond to Reichsbischof Ludwig Muller's attempt to prevent it from meeting in synod by closing the Berlin Cathedral, according to Metaxas? (from Chapters 14, 15 and 16)

They asked Bonhoeffer to separate his congregations from the official German church.

They signed a petition expressing their disagreement.

They held their synod in the courtyard adjacent to the Cathedral.

They asked for international observation of Nazi involvement in church affairs.

2.

What does Metaxas claim to be the priority of the congregations that Bonhoeffer led in London? (from Chapters 14, 15 and 16)

To help in opposing Nazi efforts to interfere with the mission of the church.

To support the German Christians abroad.

Maintain cultural connections with the homeland.

To influence other countries that the Nazi government was trustworthy.

3.

What was a recurring them that Bonhoeffer taught in the years before he became involved in the illegal seminaries of the Confessing Church, according to Metaxas? (from Chapters 7 and 8)

Transubstantiation--that Christians take the blood and body of Christ in communion.

Grace--that coming into the presence of God is based upon His grace.

Incarnation--that God did not create us to be disembodied spirits, but flesh-and-blood human beings.

Original Sin--that man's condition is based upon the sin of Adam.

4.

What does Metaxas claim to have complicated relations between England and Germany while Bonhoeffer was in London? (from Chapters 14, 15 and 16)

The German Christians had begun purging Jewish Christians from protestant activities.

Hitler was attempting to prove that he was someone who could be trusted in the international community.

Reinhold Krause had made a defamatory diatribe against German Jews during a celebration at the Berlin Sportpalast.

Hitler and Stalin agreed to the Nonaggression Pact.

5.

Why does Metaxas claim that Bonhoeffer, "...struggled with the 'problem' of being charming." (from Chapters 7 and 8)

Because he was, by nature, a recluse.

Because it was frowned upon by his father.

Because he wanted the words and logic of what he said to be the only things to which others responded.

Because it caused social problems for him.

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