Where dogmatics exists at all, it exists only with the will to be a Church dogmatics, a dogmatics of the ecumenical Church.
Karl Barth Connected to the Carolinas
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- work
- Church Dogmatics (1932–1968)
- year
- 1932
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“Where dogmatics exists at all, it exists only with the will …” Karl Barth. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-FAF958AAF1. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/faf958aaf1
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