Who said this about Christians in Nazi Germany?
I was surprised to discover who said this. To find out, click here and scroll down to the fourth and fifth paragraphs.
“Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in Germany, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; but, no, the universities immediately were silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of the newspapers whose flaming editorials in days gone by had proclaimed their love of freedom; but they, like the universities, were silenced in a few short weeks. …
“Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly.”
Source: TIME Magazine, 23 December 1940.
I can’t help thinking that what the speaker said about the reactions of universities, newspapers, and the church to attacks on civil liberties has some applicability to Canada today.
h/t: Thinking Christian
Would TIME publish something like this in 2008? Well, I guess that is a rhetorical question.
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