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In this article Bogdan Ferdek examines the historical and theological similarities between the eschatology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Romano Guardini. These thinkers shared more than their ties to Wroclaw (Breslau) and Berlin, or the fact that both were barred from lecturing in Germany during the Third Reich. Both men reinterpreted eschatology Christologically; for them, the only truly last thing is Jesus Christ. As a result, their eschatology rings in clear harmony, declaring that Protestants and Catholics share a common hope, the fulfillment of which lies beyond the tragic barrier of biological death. For Bonhoeffer, Guardini, and indeed all Christians, the only Eschaton is Jesus Christ, through whom God has inaugurated the new creation.