Mike Godwin was right. The longer an internet discussion goes on, the higher the likelihood someone will compare their opponent to the Nazis (colloquially known as Godwin’s Law).

So, let me cut to the chase: I’m going to talk about Nazis.

Well, to be completely accurate, I’m not going to talk about Nazis per se ; rather, I’m going to talk about a group of Protestant Christians who enthusiastically supported the Nazis and their vision of a Third Reich. This group referred to themselves as the “German Christians” ( Deutsche Christen ) — a name originally suggested to them by Adolf Hitler.

The German Christian movement had roots back in the late 1800s, but it really picked up steam in the late 1920s and early 1930s, culminating with the official establishment of the German Christian F

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