Carolina QuotesTake your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.
Karl Barth Connected to the Carolinas
Source
As quoted in "Barth in Retirement" in TIME magazine, vol. LXXXI, no. 22 (May 31, 1963)
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- 1963
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“Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But …” Karl Barth. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-FFB88E570F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/ffb88e570f
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