The National Socialist State professes its allegiance to positive Christianity. It will be its honest endeavour to protect both the great Christian Confessions in their rights, to secure them from interference with their doctrines (Lehren ), and in their duties to constitute a harmony with the views and the exigencies of the State of to-day.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The state pledges to protect Christian denominations while aligning them with state interests.
- In plain terms
- The government will protect churches but keep them in line with state views.
- What can you take from it?
- Align religious institutions with state goals.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should state and religion interact?
- Is religious freedom absolute?
Another view
It suggests religious rights are conditional on state approval.
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