改革宗神学探讨（旧文整理 03） / Reformed Theology Studies (Archive 03)

事实正好相反：1932年7月国会选举的投票率约为83.4%，属于很高的投票率。
In fact, turnout in the July 1932 parliamentary election was about 83.4 percent, which was very high.

因此，这不是一次因为大多数人不投票而让少数极端分子轻易获胜的低投票率选举。
Therefore, this was not a low-turnout election in which a small extremist minority easily won because most people stayed home.

许多基督徒确实参与了投票。
Many Christians did vote.

而且其中相当一部分人直接投给了纳粹党。
A significant number of them voted directly for the Nazi Party.

所以，更准确的问题不是“基督徒为什么不投票”，而是“为什么许多自认是基督徒的人会投票支持纳粹”。
The more accurate question is not, “Why did Christians fail to vote?” but, “Why did many people who identified as Christians vote for the Nazis?”

四、当时德国几乎所有人都自称基督徒
Almost All Germans Identified as Christian

1933年，德国约有六千万人口。
In 1933, Germany had a population of about sixty million.

大约四千万人属于新教教会。
About forty million belonged to Protestant churches.

大约两千万人属于罗马天主教会。
About twenty million belonged to the Roman Catholic Church.

犹太人口不到全国人口的百分之一。
The Jewish population was less than one percent of the nation.

因此，纳粹获得的数千万张选票，不可能主要来自无宗教人士。
Therefore, the millions of Nazi votes could not have come mainly from nonreligious people.

它们主要来自名义上属于基督教社会的人。
They came mainly from people who formally belonged to a Christian society.

五、新教徒和天主教徒的投票表现并不相同
Protestant and Catholic Voting Patterns Were Different

新教地区
Protestant Areas

历史研究普遍发现，新教徒比天主教徒更有可能投票给纳粹党。
Historical research generally finds that Protestants were more likely than Catholics to vote for the Nazi Party.

纳粹党在德国北部和东部的乡村新教地区表现尤其突出。
The Nazi Party performed especially well in rural Protestant areas of northern and eastern Germany.

许多新教选民原本支持保守民族主义政党，后来转向纳粹党。
Many Protestant voters had previously supported conservative nationalist parties and later moved toward the Nazis.

一些人被民族主义、反共产主义、权威主义以及所谓“保卫基督教德国”的口号吸引。
Some were attracted by nationalism, anticommunism, authoritarianism, and slogans about “defending Christian Germany.”

天主教地区
Catholic Areas

天主教徒整体上更少投票给纳粹党。
Catholics as a group were less likely to vote for the Nazi Party.

一个重要原因是，天主教徒拥有比较稳固的政党组织，例如中央党。
One important reason was that Catholics had a stronger political organization, especially the Centre Party.

教会、社区和政党之间的联系，使许多天主教选民较少转向纳粹。
The connection between church, community, and political party made many Catholic voters less likely to move toward the Nazis.

但这并不表示天主教徒完全没有支持希特勒。
But this does not mean that Catholics never supported Hitler.

后来，一些天主教政治领袖也作出了妥协，并参与了使希特勒巩固权力的政治决定。
Later, some Catholic political leaders also compromised and took part in political decisions that helped Hitler consolidate power.