Carolina QuotesThe best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.
Karl Barth Connected to the Carolinas
Source
As quoted in Quotations from the Wayside (1998) by Brenda Wong, p. 78.
- year
- 1998
- locator
- p. 78
Cite this record
“The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove it…” Karl Barth. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-ACC72372DF. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/acc72372df
More from Karl Barth
And now to my socialist friends who are here present: I have said that Jesus wanted what you want, that he wanted to help those who are least, that he wanted to establish the kingdom of God upon this earth, that he wanted to abolish self-seeking property, that he wanted to make persons into comrades. Your concerns are in line with the concerns of Jesus. Real socialism is real Christianity in our time.
The doctrine of election is the sum of the Gospel because of all words that can be said or heard it is the best: that God elects man; that God is for man too the One who loves in freedom. It is grounded in the knowledge of Jesus Christ because He is both the electing God and elected man in One. It is part of the doctrine of God because originally God's election of man is a predestination not merely of man but of Himself. Its function is to bear basic testimony to eternal, free and unchanging grace as the beginning of all the ways and works of God.
At bottom, knowledge of God in faith is always this indirect knowledge of God, knowledge of God in His works, and in these particular works in the determining and using of certain creaturely realities to bear witness to the divine objectivity. What distinguishes faith from unbelief, erroneous faith and superstition is that it is content with this indirect knowledge of God.