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I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all

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Karl Barth
Age: 82 †
Born: 1886
Born: May 10
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
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University Teacher
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When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.
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Scientific dogmatics must devote itself to the criticism and correction of Church proclamation and not just to a repetitive exposition of it.
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Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.
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Dogmatics is the testing of Church doctrine and proclamation.
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The theologian who labours without joy is not a theologian at all.
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The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this field.
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This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.
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