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FOREWORD

The Karl Barth Society of North America was founded October 1972 to promote “a critical and constructive theology in continuity with the work of Karl Barth.” Among its various activities, the Society is committed to encouraging and, where possible, assisting the publication of Barth’s posthumous works. Accordingly I am grateful to be able to congratulate the Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company for making Barth’s Final Testimonies available to English readers.

It is fitting that the translation of this little book, whose importance far exceeds its brevity, should come from the hand of Geoffrey F. Bromiley. He, far more than anyone else, has been responsible for the translation of the thirteen monumental volumes of the Church Dogmatics. Beginning with Volume I, 2, he shared the editorship with Professor T. F. Torrance. He was the sole translator of the last five volumes, and he translated large portions of three of the preceding volumes. The church of Jesus Christ and the English-speaking world are immeasurably indebted to the tireless and unselfish labors of Professor Bromiley.

As for Barth’s Final Testimonies, we can only echo the felicitous sentiments expressed by the translator in his preface.

Arthur C. Cochrane

President,

The Karl Barth Society of North America