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[Those] whose spirits are all too cheerful and naïve, may and should repeatedly discover anew in the study of theology that everything theological is somewhat more complicated than they would like it to be. But those spirits who are all too melancholic and hypercritical should discover and rediscover that everything here is also much more simple than they, with deeply furrowed brow, thought necessary to suppose.

Karl Barth: “It does happen that the real relation of God to theology and the theologians must be described by a variation of the famous passage in Amos 5: I hate, I despise your lectures and seminars, your sermons, addresses, and Bible studies, and I take no delight in your discussions, meetings, and conventions….” Finished in the comments.