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
When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.
Abortion is 'the great modern sin.
Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.
Sin scorches us most after it comes under the scrutinizing light of God's forgiveness and not before
When I come before these men I do not have to explain that we are all sinners. They have committed every sin there is. All I have to tell them is that I, too, am a sinner.
It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.
Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are.
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