Reaction to Bishop Budde's sermon by Evangelical right wing extremists reveals their hatred and idolatry

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5. Hitler was confirmed and baptized into the Catholic church

mainly at the insistence of his mother. He did claim to be "Christian" in the early years of the Nazi party and of his rule over Germany, though he referred to this brand of Christianity as neither Catholic nor Protestant, but "German Christian," which rejected most core doctrines of Christianity, including the divinity of Jesus, whom Hitler claimed was not Jewish, but was the "bastard son of a Roman soldier," and of course, they rejected the Old Testament.

Hitler is a prime example of how a state-church relationship is a poison that corrupts Christianity, using its influence as a political power advantage. There was the Concordat of 1933 with the Vatican, which protected the Catholic church's property in Germany, and also lessened its opposition to Nazism, but think that preceded Hitler's ascension to power.