Etymology

Confessing Church

Today it means: A movement within German Protestantism during Nazi Germany that arose in opposition to government-sponsored efforts to unify all Protestant churches into a single pro-Nazi German Evangelical Church. Full definition →

German Bekennende Kirche
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  1. German · calque ofBekennende Kirche
  2. English todayConfessing Church

Calque of German Bekennende Kirche

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