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
The Christian Church does not exist in Heaven, but on earth and in time.
Mozart's music is free of all exaggeration, of all sharp breaks and contradictions. The sun shines but does not blind, does not burn or consume. Heaven arches over the earth, but it does not weigh it down, it does not crush or devour it.
Grace and gratitude go together like heaven and earth.
The statement that 'God is dead' comes from Nietzsche and has recently been trumpeted abroad by some German and American theologians. But the good Lord has not died of this; He who dwells in the heaven laughs at them.
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.