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No surprise-so now we will have the Bergoglio Oaths.
Swear or be exiled, swear or die: I shall render unconditional obedience to Dictator Pope Bergoglio
“The term Hitler oath refers to the oaths of allegiance, or Reichswehreid, sworn by the officers and soldiers of the German Armed Forces and civil servants of Nazi Germany between the years 1934 and 1945. The oath pledged personal loyalty to Adolf …More
No surprise-so now we will have the Bergoglio Oaths.

Swear or be exiled, swear or die: I shall render unconditional obedience to Dictator Pope Bergoglio

“The term Hitler oath refers to the oaths of allegiance, or Reichswehreid, sworn by the officers and soldiers of the German Armed Forces and civil servants of Nazi Germany between the years 1934 and 1945. The oath pledged personal loyalty to Adolf Hitler in place of loyalty to the constitution of the country.

Wehrmacht oath
TheReichswehr soldiers swear the Hitler oath in 1934, with hands raised in the traditional schwurhand gesture
Die Vereidigung der Wehrmacht auf Adolf Hitler, 2.8.1934

“Ich schwöre bei Gott diesen heiligen Eid, daß ich dem Führer des Deutschen Reiches und Volkes Adolf Hitler, dem Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrmacht, unbedingten Gehorsam leisten und als tapferer Soldat bereit sein will, jederzeit für diesen Eid mein Leben einzusetzen.”

The Wehrmacht Oath of Loyalty to Adolf Hitler, 2 August 1934

“I swear to God this sacred oath that to the Leader of the German Empire and people, Adolf Hitler, supreme commander of the armed forces, I shall render unconditional obedience and that as a brave soldier I shall at all times be prepared to give my life for this oath.”

Civil servant oath

Diensteid der öffentlichen Beamten

“Ich schwöre: Ich werde dem Führer des Deutschen Reiches und Volkes Adolf Hitler treu und gehorsam sein, die Gesetze beachten, und meine Amtspflichten gewissenhaft erfüllen, so wahr mir Gott helfe.”

Service oath for public servants

“I swear: I will be faithful and obedient to the leader of the German Empire and people, Adolf Hitler, to observe the law, and to conscientiously fulfill my official duties, so help me God.”

Some who refused to do so:

Karl Barth (Swiss theologian); Consequences: loss of professorship

Martin Gauger (probationary judge as a state prosecutor in Wuppertal); Consequences: forced retirement of his position as a state prosecutor

Franz Jägerstätter (Austrian conscientious objector); Consequences: execution in 1943; beatified in 2007

Josef Mayr-Nusser (from Bozen), after call-up for duty in the Waffen-SS; Consequences: Death penalty, died on the way to the Dachau concentration camp

Joseph Ruf (de) („Brother Maurus“ of the Christkönigsgesellschaft (rel.)), Consequences: Death penalty

Franz Reinisch (Pallottines padre from Austria), after call-up for duty in the German Wehrmacht; Consequences: execution by beheading in 1942.”

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