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Karl Barth, who lived from 1886–1968, was perhaps the most influential theologian of the 20th century. Church Dogmatics, Barth’s monumental life-work that consists of more than 6 million words, was written over the span of 35 years. In it, Barth covers in depth the great doctrines of the Word of God, God, Creation and Reconciliation. He made it his task “to take all that has been said before and...

honour with God. Paul knows such men; he refers to them. Whom does he have in mind? According to an ancient and almost universally accepted exegetical tradition, though not a tradition which is to be respected merely on this account, his reference is to outstanding Gentiles. On this view we have in Rom. 2 a compelling locus probans* for an effective natural revelation of God and knowledge of God. Shortly afterwards (3:9), however, Paul says unmistakably that both Jews and Gentiles collectively and
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