“Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone. Piety is the possibility of the removal of the last traces of a firm foundation upon which we can erect a system of thought.”

— Karl Barth, book The Epistle to the Romans

The Epistle to the Romans (1918; 1921)

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Swiss Protestant theologian 1886–1968

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