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Van Til writes in the Preface, “The present writer is of the opinion that, for all its verbal similarity to historic Protestantism, Barth’s theology is, in effect, a denial of it. There is, he believes, in Barth’s view no ‘transition from wrath to grace’ in history. This was the writer’s opinion in 1946 when he published The New Modernism. A careful consideration of Barth’s more recent writings...

1. Writings of Barth Quite properly men speak of Karl Barth as the most influential theologian of our time. We must therefore seek to understand him. Brief personal conferences with Barth will not materially help us for this purpose. Such conferences may impress us with Barth’s deep sincerity and his gracious Christian character. They may even give us glimpses of his theology. For a full and careful statement of this theology, however, we must turn to his writings. The writings of Barth may, for
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