Karl Barth Quotes

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Karl Barth was a Swiss theologian born on May 10, 1886, and died on December 10, 1968. He is considered one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century, known for his critical theological method and profound biblical exegesis.

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Famous Karl Barth Quotes

“Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.”

Ifs Christian Religion House Tree Promise Jew Woods Chosen Guests House Guests

Author:Karl Barth

“What is offered to man's apprehension in any specific revelation of Christ is the living God himself.”

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Author:Karl Barth

“Let us hear what the Bible says and what we as Christians are called to hear together: By grace you have been saved.”

Has Beens Christian Together Grace Saved Hard Times

Author:Karl Barth

“It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.”

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Author:Karl Barth

“That the zeal for God's honor is also a dangerous passion, that the Christian must bring with him the courage to swim against the tide instead of with it... accept a good deal of loneliness, will perhaps be nowhere so clear and palpable as in the church, where he would so much like things to be different. Yet he cannot and he will not refuse to take this risk and pay this price... he belongs where the reformation of the church is underway or will again be underway.”

Different Christian Passion Church Deals Pay Accepting Clear Risk Dangerous Loneliness Honor Refuse Swim Tides Zeal Reformation

Book:The Christian Life

Source: The Christian Life

“Abortion is 'the great modern sin.”

Christian Sin Modern Abortion

Author:Karl Barth

“Christian worship is the most momentous, most urgent, most glorious action that can take place in human life.”

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Author:Karl Barth

“The term 'laity' is one of the worst in the vocabulary of religion and ought to be banished from the Christian conversation.”

Christian Term Worst Ought Conversation Vocabulary

Book:A Karl Barth Reader

Source: A Karl Barth Reader

“To be a Christian and to pray are one and the same thing; it is a matter that cannot be left to our caprice. It is a need, a kind of breathing necessary to life.”

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Book:Prayer

Source: Prayer

“The Christian Church does not exist in Heaven, but on earth and in time.”

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Author:Karl Barth

About the Author

Born: May 10, 1886
Died: December 10, 1968
Known for: Theologian
Quotes: 123

Books & Sources

The Humanity of GodRelated source material

The Epistle to the RomansRelated source material

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRelated source material

Evangelical Theology: An IntroductionRelated source material

Letters, 1961-1968Related source material

Church DogmaticsRelated source material

Church Dogmatics 1.2: The Doctrine of the Word of GodRelated source material

Church Dogmatics The Doctrine of God, Volume 2, Part2: The Election of God; The Command of GodRelated source material

Church Dogmatics: The doctrine of the word of God (2 pts.)Related source material

Church Dogmatics: pt. 1. The doctrine of the word of GodRelated source material

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