Protestantische Rompilger

Protestant pilgrims to Rome. The betrayal of Luther and the " Myth of the 20th Century" is a 1937 published pamphlet of the NSDAP politician Alfred Rosenberg and a diatribe against the Protestant critics of his book The Myth of the 20th Century (1930 ), most of which belonged to the Confessing Church.

In Rome Pilgrims font Rosenberg calls the detachment of Germans from Christianity and referred to the Christian doctrine of sin and grace as the " doctrine of inferiority ."

Publication

The book was published in Hoheneichen -Verlag, Munich, August 1937 in a 86 -page version and experienced in the same year several editions of together several hundred thousand copies. After the publication of his book On the dark men of our time. A response to the attacks against the " Myth of the 20th Century", in which he had in 1935 turned against his Catholic critics, Rosenberg presented the ready made script pilgrims to Rome - his second supplementary document to the myth of the 20th century - to Hitler's request, back. Although on July 1, 1937, ordered by Goebbels book review ban was in force, published by the end of 1937 even more critical opinions.

Reactions of the Evangelical Church

The font set off a storm of indignation in the German Evangelical Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Reichsbruderrat, the Silesian Confessional Synod, the Martin -Luther -Bund, and other churches associated with them. A public response to the Protestant church leaders appeared under the title The explanation of the 96 Protestant church leaders against Alfred Rosenberg.

In the summer of 1937, Theodor Dipper gave lectures in which he took a critical look with Rosenberg. On December 16, 1937 speech ban was imposed on Theodor Dipper. "You have been banned with your service proclaiming the Word of God. But this proclamation is ordered me as a preacher of the word of God, "he is quoted as saying.

Walter Künneth publications include Against the adulteration of Protestantism. Evangelical response to Alfred Rosenberg's script, Protestant Rome Pilgrims ' and his reply Dying Protestantism? The evangelical truth, which was distributed in 112,000 copies. His third Entgegnungsschrift Against the adulteration of Protestantism was confiscated before printing in October 1937. Counter Kiinneth the Reich Security Main Office said in late 1937 a " speaking and writing ban political reasons ' " from. The University Berlin withdrew her teaching license. The Gestapo closed, part of the Inner Mission Apologetic Central in Berlin- Spandau, whose leader was Kiinneth.

From the ranks of the National Socialist German Christians were told pilgrims to Rome Rosenberg's skepticism and occasional criticism. In contrast to the Confessing Church, however, they did not interpret Rosenberg than by resorting to theology, but made ​​" the undeniable Both -well-as the determining principle ": The National Socialist ideology could coexist with the Christian religion exist. Siegfried Sharp told the German Christians to the " people's church " and " willing to arrange themselves into the great front of the nationalist marchers ' but want her, spiritual determination to remain completely faithful .'"

Follow

Rosenberg led his standing in connection with the church struggle campaign for the right to life of the churches in the National Socialist state unabated and ran about even with party members in conflict. Dietrich Müller describes the decline of Rosenberg's strict anti-church position in the years 1938-1940:

" The rejection of his three, Mythus' fonts did not let Rosenberg rest. In 1939, he penned a fourth script to clarify the Nazi terms, ideology or religion ' as a catechism -like theses. The Deputy of the Fuehrer, Martin Bormann, struck Rosenberg ago - even he had more no access to Hitler - they spread as a booklet within the party, so RMK Kerrl by his foolish assertions ', religion should not as policy and politics rather than religion, abused ', the public would not worry. Rosenberg could not be dissuaded from his visions, even if, as he acknowledged, the two churches could not prohibit as subversive now. The actions proposed by Rosenberg and Kerrl publications were the leaders in 1940 returned as untimely [. ] "

Hitler postponed this discussion until after the "final victory ".

Output

• Protestant pilgrims to Rome. The betrayal of Luther and the " myth of the 20th century". 1st edition. Hoheneichen, Munich 1937 (86 pages).

Reply writings

• Ulrich Nielsen ( ed.): A word to Alfred Rosenberg's Protestant pilgrims to Rome: Rome Pilgrims or Protestants? Writings -Verlag, Basel [about 1937 ] (12 pages; Protestant writings, Issue 8 ).
• Protestant pilgrims to Rome. Leaflet of the Protestant Dean Kornacker. Kempten 1937.
• Walter Künneth: Evangelical Truth! A word to Alfred Rosenberg's script " Protestant Rome Pilgrims ". Wichern -Verlag, Berlin, 1937 (30 pages).