To Say Revelation Is To

In Dogmatics Our Question Is: What Are We To Think And Say?

What Expressions We Used - In Part Taken Over And In Part Newly Invented! Above All, The Famous 'wholly Other' Breaking In Upon Us 'perpendicularly From Above,' The Not Less Famous 'infinite Qualitative Distinction' Between God And Man, The Vacuum, The Mathematical Point, And The Tangent In Which Alone They Must Meet.

The Spirit Bears Witness. Ecstasy And Enlightenment, Inspiration And Intuition Are Not Necessary. Happy Is The Man Who Is Worthy Of These; But Woe Unto Us If We Wait For Such Experiences; Woe Unto Us If We Do Not Perceive That These Things Are Of Secondary Importance.

The Relation Of This God With This Man; The Relation Of This Man With This God--this Is The Only Theme Of The Bible And Of Philosophy.

Joy Is The Simplest Form Of Gratitude.