Transcending Barmen: confessing in word and deed. (Barmen Declaration, Barmen, Germany)(includes related information on the Barmen Declaration) (Cover Story)

The Christian Century | May 11, 1994| | Copyright

THE SUNNY afternoon of May 31, 1934, was one of those rare moments when human beings become aware of their exact position in history: of the brevity of their lives and the significance of their decisions. According to many accounts, the representatives of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions who met in Barmen, Germany, that afternoon sensed even then the magnitude of what they had done. The Barmen Declaration was approved unanimously. Stefanie von Mackensen, the one woman delegate, later claimed that she had felt the presence of the Holy Spirit sweep the room. Those assembled ...

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