Author: Karl Barth

Quotes

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

- Karl Barth

Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good.

Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good.

- Karl Barth

Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.

Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.

- Karl Barth

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

- Karl Barth

No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.

No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.

- Karl Barth

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

- Karl Barth

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.

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.

- Karl Barth

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

- Karl Barth

Faith is never identical with piety.

Faith is never identical with piety.

- Karl Barth

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