Dietrich Bonhoeffer Christianity Quotations

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

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

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

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.

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

Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.