10 Man and Salvation Barthianism takes a very serious view of the limitations of man. He is finite, he is a dependent creature, he is insufficient, and yet he is a creature of infinite possibilities which can only be fully realized in eternity. Man is akin to nature, but he shares many things with the animals, but he is also open to a higher world of the spirit, for he has powers which the animals do not possess. And yet it is recognized that even these higher faculties cannot save man, for there
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