Carolina QuotesThe enterprise of Adolf Hitler, with all its clatter and fireworks, and all its cunning and dynamic energy, is the enterprise of an evil spirit, which is apparently allowed its freedom for a time in order to test our faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Karl Barth Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Statement after the start of World War II
- work
- "Witness to an Ancient Truth" (1962)
- year
- 1962
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