Confessing Church

proper noun

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.

OriginGerman Bekennende Kirche →
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Meanings

proper nounthe Confessing Church
  1. historicalChristianityA 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.

Origin

  1. GermanBekennende Kirche
  2. EnglishConfessing Church

Calque of German Bekennende Kirche

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Chicago

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