Theology Quotes by Karl Barth

If I have a system it is limited to a recognition of what Kierkegaard called 'the infinite qualitative distinction' between time and eternity

— Karl Barth

Humor is the opposite of all self-admiration and self-praise.

— Karl Barth

“Godlessness is not… a possibility, but an ontological impossibility for man. Man is not without, but with God. This is not to say, of…

— Karl Barth

When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give…

— Karl Barth

Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.

— Karl Barth

Dogmatics is the testing of Church doctrine and proclamation,

— Karl Barth

God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.

— Karl Barth

“Holy Communion is offered to all, as surely as the living Jesus Christ is for all, as surely as all of us are not…

— Karl Barth

I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all

— Karl Barth

In Jesus, God wills to be true God not only in the height but also in the depth - in the depth of human…

— Karl Barth

The term 'laity' is one of the worst in the vocabulary of religion and ought to be banished from the Christian conversation.

— Karl Barth

No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can…

— Karl Barth

Society is now really ruled by its own logos; say rather by a whole pantheon of its own hypostases and powers... we are beginning…

— Karl Barth

There will be no song on our lips if there be no anguish in our hearts.

— Karl Barth

With an ear open to your musical dialectic, one can be young and become old, can work and rest, be content and sad: in…

— Karl Barth