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Martin Luther

Excerpt from Der Große Katechismus (1529)

Immanuel Kant

Excerpt from Beantwortung der Frage: Was Ist Aufklärung? (1784)

Moses Mendelssohn

Excerpt from Jerusalem oder über religiose Macht und Judentum (1783)

Friedrich Schleiermacher

Excerpt from Über die Religion: Reden an die Gebildeten unter ihren Verächtern (1799)

Karl Barth

Excerpt from Der Römerbrief (1919)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Excerpt from Nachfolge (1937)

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