Karl Barth: Great Theologian:
“evangelical theology is concerned with Immanuel, ‘God with us’… a happy science!”
The much-loved, much-studied, and much-criticised theologian, Karl Barth is not with us, bodily, for he is now, with the Risen Lord Jesus.
Karl has departed from his participation in this world—where sin and death are present. But, if you are interested, you can still … ha! read his books (this post was originally about an MP3 lecture in English. But it is no longer at that URL. I am sorry to say, I can’t direct you to listen to him. Oh well. If anyone knows where it went, please let me know!)
I—did—love the accent … as he spoke in English!
So instead of listening to a quote, why not read a little of his writing…
“The truth of the knowledge that Christ in his revelation has the power of the Creator, depends upon it being the acknowledgment of a fact and not an arbitrary combination. Where this power is experienced, there is literally nothing to combine, creation and revelation are not two truths to be held side by side, compared with each other and put into touch with each other, but the one reality of Jesus Christ, as the Revealer with the power of the Creator. And in that case this power of the Creator cannot be thought of as one specially related and limited to revelation. Augustine, therefore is right when he lets even the angels, and Luther therefore, is right when he lets even the broody hen, be created by the Word. ” (p. 511-512, CD, Volume 1. Part 1)
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