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# Deitrich Bonhoeffer

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential; his 1937 book The Cost of Discipleship is described as a

##  Quotes by Deitrich Bonhoeffer

> [“The believer is neither a pessimist nor an optimist. To be either is illusory. The believer sees reality not in a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deitrich-bonhoeffer/the-believer-is-neither-a-pessimist-nor-an-optimist-to-be-either-is/)

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[Believer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believer/)

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> [“One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deitrich-bonhoeffer/one-act-of-obedience-is-worth-a-hundred-sermons/)

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[Obedience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/obedience/)

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> [“We are saved by faith alone, but not by faith which is alone.” That is, we are saved, not by anything we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deitrich-bonhoeffer/we-are-saved-by-faith-alone-but-not-by-faith-which-is-alone-that-is/)

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[Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/)

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