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While we destroyed the Centre Party, we have not only brought thousands of priests back into the Church, but to millions of respectable people we have restored their faith in their religion and in their priests. The union of the Evangelical Church in a single Church for the whole Reich, the Concordat with the Catholic Church, these are but milestones on the road which leads to the establishment of a useful relation and a useful co operation between the Reich and the two Confessions.

Adolf Hitler#33

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker claims destroying a political party restored religious faith and unified churches under the state.
In plain terms
Taking down the Centre Party made people trust religion more and united churches.
What can you take from it?
Political moves can be framed as restoring religious stability.

Where it applies

  • religious policy
  • party dissolution
  • state relations

Putting it to work

  • analyze political impacts on faith

Questions to consider

  • Can politics restore religious faith?
  • What unifies churches?

Another view

Restoring faith through political destruction is contradictory.

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