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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Lazarus And The Rich Man

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The Rich Man and the Poor Man

Lazarus lies in front of the rich man's doorstep and it is the poverty of Lazarus that makes the rich man rich just that is the wealth of the other man makes Lazarus poor. It doesn't say that the rich man nor what the poor man had done or even should have done but the only common event that affects them equally is their death. They basically already belong together in the common fate that awaits both of them. After death something new begins over which all the powers of the world of death have no more control.

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