Carolina QuotesFaith is never identical with "piety" even if it were the purest and finest.
Karl Barth Connected to the Carolinas
Source
As quoted in The Beginnings of Dialectic Theology, Vol. 1 (1968) edited by James M. Robinson
- year
- 1968
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“Faith is never identical with "piety" even if it were the pu…” Karl Barth. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-6291688530. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/6291688530
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