If I'm honest, I'd have to admit that I probably would have been a Nazi had I been alive at that time. I am by nature a very patriotic person, and the initial appeal of Nazism was its reverence towards the Garman nation. However, I would hope that I would have had the decency to resign from the party and become a dissident upon becoming aware of its evil nature and anti-Christian practices.
A Catholic should be patriotic, but when patriotism crosses the line into state-worship or a cult of blood and soil. our obligation ends. When Caesar requires of us more than God allows, we must respectfully refuse to obey Caesar and accept whatever punishment Caesar metes out.
When Caesar requires of us more than God allows, we must respectfully refuse to obey Caesar and accept whatever punishment Caesar metes out.When Caesar becomes a tyrant, he deserves the fate of George III, if not the fate of Saddam Hussein.