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"Barthianism" is from Karl Barth, a German theologian (1886-1968) who popularized "neo-Orthodoxy"; an attempt to hold a position which was between Liberalism, which denied the supernatural, and Protestant orthodoxy; therefore "neo-Orthodoxy". He is probably most well known for his use of the "dialectic" Theological Method, which for most of us results in our heads spinning. Barth held to such things as the Bible is not THE Word of God, but rather it BECOMES the Word of God (aka: Crisis Theology). He believed in election, but totally redefined it, as he did nearly every other doctrine, so that he could say that there are the "elect-elect" and the "elect-reject". All men were elected to salvation; some simply don't realize it or acknowledge it. Yet he would also speak of punishment, etc.... ! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes2.gif" alt="" />

You might benefit from visiting some of the following links:

The Bible alone is the Word of God
Center For Barth Studies
mwt_themes_750_barth
Hans Kung on Karl Barth by Robert Curtis

Barth had nothing to do with transubstantiation. I simply picked a couple of items which the College was teaching which were diametrically opposed to the "traditional" teachings of the RCC and from which went many men who became priests, etc. Hans Kung would be another good example of a Roman Catholic theologian who has departed from the "traditions" and who holds to neo-Orthodoxy (aka: Existentialism).

In His Grace,