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London, Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity, October 28, 1934.
In this sermon, the third in a series on 1 Corinthians 13, Bonhoeffer speaks of knowledge, of the search for understanding that he assumed was in some way a goal in every person's life. Having an older brother, Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer, who was a physical chemist, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was well aware of the achievements of physical science and of the recent shake-up in scientific understanding regarding the theories of quantum mechanics and relativity. His correspondence with his brother, who later struggled mightily to go on doing his research during the war, shows how he longed for Karl Friedrich to realize that his, Dietrich's, goal was also plausible. Though their paths toward understanding were different, each of the two brothers remained respectful of the other's beliefs.