I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally. Karl Barth More Quotes by Karl Barth More Quotes From 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 recognition infinite eternity There is no philosophy that is not to some extent also theology. Karl Barth theology philosophy Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics. Karl Barth exegesis theology practicals The Christian Church does not exist in Heaven, but on earth and in time. Karl Barth church christian heaven What expressions we used - in part taken over and in part newly invented! above all, the famous 'wholly other' breaking in upon us 'perpendicularly from above,' the not less famous 'infinite qualitative distinction' between God and man, the vacuum, the mathematical point, and the tangent in which alone they must meet. Karl Barth taken expression men Mozart's music is free of all exaggeration, of all sharp breaks and contradictions. The sun shines but does not blind, does not burn or consume. Heaven arches over the earth, but it does not weigh it down, it does not crush or devour it. Karl Barth crush shining heaven Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart. Karl Barth angels i-am god play
