Aryan Paragraph in the church
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The Aryan Paragraph in the church was a Nazi-era policy that sought to exclude people of Jewish descent from church offices and membership, prompting resistance from groups like the Confessing Church.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi policy
ⓘ
discriminatory regulation ⓘ |
| affects |
church employees of Jewish descent
ⓘ
church membership of Jewish descent ⓘ church office holders of Jewish descent ⓘ |
| appliedIn | German Protestant churches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesCriterion | Aryan descent requirement ⓘ |
| basedOn | Nazi racial ideology ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excludes |
Christians of Jewish origin from certain church rights
ⓘ
non-Aryan Christians from church offices ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
dismissal of church staff of Jewish descent
ⓘ
exclusion of baptized Jews from church positions ⓘ internal conflict within German Protestantism ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasMoralEvaluation |
example of antisemitism in Christian churches
ⓘ
widely condemned in post-war church statements ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
exclude people of Jewish descent from church membership
ⓘ
exclude people of Jewish descent from church offices ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Gleichschaltung of institutions in Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| implementedBy | German Christian movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | state Aryan paragraph in civil service law ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | alignment of churches with Nazi state policies ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Confessing Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
members of the Bekennende Kirche (Confessing Church) ⓘ theological critics of racism in the church ⓘ |
| provoked | formation and strengthening of the Confessing Church ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aryan paragraph
ⓘ
German Christians (Deutsche Christen) NERFINISHED ⓘ Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service NERFINISHED ⓘ church struggle (Kirchenkampf) in Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | debates in German Protestant church synods in the 1930s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Nazi era ⓘ |
| violates |
Christian doctrine of the equality of baptized believers
ⓘ
principle of non-discrimination in church membership ⓘ |
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