NEW NAZI CHURCH.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 732, 8 April 1933, Page 1

NEW NAZI CHURCH.

Old Testament Abandoned for New Creed. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN. April 6. The Nazis propose to create a new evangelical Church demanding adherence to the following creed:—“God made me German. Germanism is the gift of God. God wishes that I should fight for my Germanism. Military service is never a violation of Christianity. but is obedient to the will of God.” The tenets of the new creed include one that all Protestants marrying members of an alien race be expelled from the church. Pastor Wiencke. one of the promoters. says:—“Were Christ to appear on earth he would be the leader of war on Marxism and internationalism.“ Abolition of the Old Testament is de manded. and the substitution of German sagas and legends. An order is being made to replace the Hebrew prophets by personages in German philosophy and art, ensuring uniformity with the national revolution. This demand was brought to Herr Hitler’s notice by the Church’s Supreme Council, with a reminder that he had guaranteed the Church’s independence Press and the State. In announcing a new Press law which will be promulgated shortly, Herr Goebels, at the annual reception to the German Press, said that he would regulate the new relationship between the Press and the State, and would define the professional standing and prerogatives of journalists.

Herr Hitler declared that the highest duty of the Press at present was not criticism but the creation of unity of thought and will.