"Inmitten dieser Unordnung Gottes Reich als das der Gerechtigkeit und des Friedens anzuzeigen, das ist der prophetische Auftrag der Kirche: der Auftrag ihres politischen Wächteramtes und ihres sozialen Samariterdienstes"
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Eröffnungsreferat auf der ersten w:ÖRK-Vollversammlung Amsterdam 1948 unter dem Motto „Die Unordnung der Welt und Gottes Heilsplan“ (Man’s Disorder and God’s Design); zitiert nach: Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Barth, Karl. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 1, Hamm 1975, Sp. 384–396
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