Karl Barth
Karl Barth
Karl BarthMay 10, 1886 – December 10, 1968) was a Swiss Reformed theologian who is often regarded as the greatest Protestant theologian of the twentieth century. Pope Pius XII called him the most important Christian theologian since St. Thomas Aquinas. His influence expanded well beyond the academic realm to mainstream culture, leading him to be featured on the cover of Time on April 20, 1962...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionReligious Author
Date of Birth10 May 1886
CountrySwitzerland
Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.
God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.
The angels laugh at old Karl. They laugh at him because he tries to grasp the truth about God in a book of Dogmatics. They laugh at the fact that volume follows volume, and each is thicker than the previous ones. As they laugh, they say to one another, ‘Look! Here he comes now with his little pushcart full of volumes of the Dogmatics!’—and they laugh about the persons who write so much about Karl Barth instead of writing about the things he is trying to write about. Truly, the angels laugh.
It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.
Mozart's music always sounds unburdened, effortless, and light. This is why it unburdens, releases, and liberates us.
No one can be saved--in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved--in virtue of what God can do.
Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.
We definitely showed a month off, but I should have had us ready.
One drop of eternity is of greater weight than a vast ocean of finite things.
Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death.
I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all
There will be no song on our lips if there be no anguish in our hearts.
I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.
When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.