CHURCH AND STATE
~f CONDITIONS IN GERMANY THE OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received May 10, 11 a.m.) BERLIN, May 9 Faced with a Nazi order that pastors of the Evangelical Church must take the oath to Herr Hitler or be dismissed. Dr. Mueller, on behalf of the Confessional or opposition pastors of Prussia, sent a letter to Dr. Werner, the Nazi Commissioner for the Church in Prussia, saying: “We have reason to believe that you are trying to introduce to the Church regulations applying to State officials. It Is our duty to fight this Attempt to change the Church ecclesiastical law.” Dr. Mueller, in conclusion, states that Confessional pastors have been Instructed to take the oath to Herr Hitler only if they simultaneously declare that they are still bound by their ordination oath. This means that if. as is inevitable, the two oaths clash, the oath to Herr Hitler will take second place-
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20494, 10 May 1938, Page 7
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