the sense of a personal Word. Philosophy found less place in his system; it was all the Word. The Word became flesh in the incarnation, though it cannot be stated in doctrinal propositions. From his own viewpoint Barth is biblical because revelation is in Jesus Christ. From our viewpoint he is not at all biblical because he denies the possibility of stating the truths of the Bible in propositions. His magnum opus is called Church Dogmatics because it is the examination which the Church makes with
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