“Who and what is God Himself? We must not now go back and give an answer which declares what we think the conception of God ought to be, what God must be to be God according to all necessary postulates and ideas in respect of the concept of the deity. God Himself is in fact simply the One of whom all prophets and apostles explained that they had heard his voice and had to obey Him, executing the messages and tasks He laid upon them, and bearing witness of His will and work to others. In a remarkable way they also recognised His voice in the testimony of each other, at least to the extent that, in a long unbroken chain, admittedly in quite different ways, but in ways which at this point involved no contradiction, they all aimed to be servants and messengers of one and the same God. This One is God Himself, described by the unanimous testimony of prophets and apostles as the Subject of creation, reconciliation and redemption, the Lord.” – Karl Barth
- Church Dogmatics
- Karl Barth
- Theology
