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Karl Barth Quotes about Church

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Theology is not a private subject for theologians only. Nor is it a private subject for professors. Fortunately, there have always been pastors who have understood more about theology than most professors. Nor is

Theology is not a private subject for theologians only. Nor is it a private subject for professors. Fortunately, there have always been pastors who have understood more about theology than most professors. Nor is theology a private subject of study for pastors. Fortunately, there have repeatedly been congregation members, and often whole congregations, who have pursued theology energetically while their pastors were theological infants or barbarians. Theology is a matter for the Church.

Church, Matter, Barbarians

Karl Barth (2005). “God In Action: Theological Addresses”, p.26, Wipf and Stock Publishers

In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.

Jesus, Church, Christ

Karl Barth (1981). “Letters, 1961-1968”

For the millions that suffer unjustly, the Confessing Church does not yet have a heart.

Heart, Suffering, Church

"Hitler's Willing Executioners : Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust". Book by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, 1997.

Scientific dogmatics must devote itself to the criticism and correction of Church proclamation and not just to a repetitive exposition of it.

Criticism, Church, Repetitive

Karl Barth, Thomas Forsyth Torrance (1975). “Church Dogmatics: pt. 1. The doctrine of the word of God”, Continuum International Publishing Group

Dogmatics is the testing of Church doctrine and proclamation.

Church, Doctrine, Testing

The Christian Church does not exist in Heaven, but on earth and in time.

Christian, Heaven, Church

Where dogmatics exists at all, it exists only with the will to be a Church dogmatics, a dogmatics of the ecumenical Church.

Church

Karl Barth (2004). “Church Dogmatics: The doctrine of the word of God (2 pts.)”, p.823, A&C Black

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