Emil Brunner Quotes

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Only at the cross of Christ does man see fully what it is that separates him from God; yet it is here alone that he perceives that he is no longer separated from God. Nowehere else does the inviolable holiness of God, the impossibility of overlooking the guilt of man stand out more plainly; but nowhere else does the limitless mercy of God, which utterly transcends all human standards, stand out more clearly and plainly.

Emil Brunner

The Revelation of God is not a book or a doctrine, but a living Person.

Emil Brunner

The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning. Where there is no mission there is no Church; and where there is neither Church nor mission, there is no faith.

Emil Brunner

So long as we stand "under the Law", we cannot perceive this hidden unity of all the commandments. It is part of legalism that the will of God must appear to it as a multiplicity of commandments. In actual fact, it is one and indivisible; God wants nothing else except love because He Himself is love.

Emil Brunner

Emil Brunner

Born: December 23, 1889

Died: April 6, 1966 (aged 76)

Bio: Heinrich Emil Brunner was a Swiss Protestant theologian. Along with Karl Barth see Relationship with Karl Barth below he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement.

Known for:

Man in Revolt (1947)
The divine imperative (1937)
The Misunderstanding of the Church (1953)
Christianity and civilisation (1947)

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