Karl Barth

Karl Barth (Known as "Father of Neo-Orthodoxy")

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Born May 10, 1886

Basel, Switzerland

Passed Away Dec 10, 1968 Basel, Switzerland

Lifespan 82 years old

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"Joy is the simplest form of gratitude."

Archival Overview

Titan of 20th-century Protestant theology whose 'Epistle to the Romans' and multi-volume 'Church Dogmatics' shattered liberal optimism and whose Barmen Declaration opposed Nazi tyranny.

Biographical Record

Karl Barth (1886–1968 CE) served as a village pastor in Safenwil, Switzerland, before his 1919 commentary on Romans detonated like a bomb on the playground of European theologians.

Refusing the Nazi oath of loyalty to Hitler, he drafted the 1934 Theological Declaration of Barmen for the Confessing Church and produced his 14-volume Church Dogmatics, asserting God's absolute otherness.

Key Life Milestones

1919

The Epistle to the Romans Published

Published 'Der Römerbrief', shattering human-centered liberal theology and re-centering faith on God's sovereign revelation.

1934

Authorship of the Barmen Declaration

Penned the primary theological declaration of the Confessing Church, declaring Jesus Christ alone to be Lord over church and state.

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Final Resting Place

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Hörnli Cemetery
Riehen (Basel), Switzerland

                         GPS: 47.5700, 7.6400                    

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