Friedrich Schleiermacher:

Makers of the Modern Theological Mind -

I'm reading Schleiermacher's thoughts on theology.
I borrowed it from Kirk of the Hills library. (Leave it to the Presbyterians to have a freaking awesome theological library)
My friend Steve tells me Karl Barth called Schleiermacher "the great one"

I'm going to post some thoughts about him here.


"The Christian Doctrine of man must consider two aspects of the human situation, namely, (1) man's original righteousness by virtue of Creation and (2) his present situation as a result of the Fall. Failure to understand either will jeopardize the believer's awareness of redemption. But what can the doctrine of original righteousness mean, given the death of Adam? Certainly it cannot tell us about the natureal orgins of man as a part of the world"