Karl Barth
Karl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary The Epistle to the Romans, his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship of the Barmen Declaration, and especially his unfinished multi-volume theological summa the Church Dogmatics. Barth's influence expanded well beyond the academic realm to mainstream culture, leading him to be featured on the cover of Time on 20 April 1962.
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Background
- Born in
- Basel
- Educated at
- University of Göttingen
- Awards
- 🏆 honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Utrecht🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Chicago🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Münster🏆 doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
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Trending topics shown first"In conclusion, a word about your tired expression that there is a difference between theory and praxis. ... Thereby you want to say that praxis should be an unencumbered as possible by theory. Coming …"
"Man can certainly keep on lying ; but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel ; but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice of God. He can certainly flee from God ; but he …"
"The Resurrection is the revelation: the disclosing of Jesus as the Christ, the appearing of God, and the apprehending of God in Jesus. The Resurrection is the emergence of the necessity of giving glor…"
"What expressions we used – in part taken over and in part newly invented! — above all, the famous 'wholly other' breaking in upon us ‘perpendicularly from above,’ the not less famous 'infinite qualita…"
"The revelation in Jesus, just because it is the revelation of the righteousness of God is at the same time the strongest conceivable veiling and unknowableness of God. In Jesus, God really becomes a m…"
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1886
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