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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

Karl Barth

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Karl Barth
Age: 82 †
Born: 1886
Born: May 10
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
Pastor
Theologian
University Teacher
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Religion
Every
Removal
Ground
Confidence
Except
Possibility
Alone

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We act unbelievingly and disobediently when, for whatever motive, we distort, falsify, or suppress the facts about our life in nature and history.
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The theologian who labours without joy is not a theologian at all.
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