Ecclesia semper reformanda est
Latin phrase about the Christian Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ecclesia semper reformanda est (Latin for "the Church must always be reformed", often shortened to Ecclesia semper reformanda) is a phrase first greatly popularized[1] by the Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth in 1947, allegedly deriving from a saying of St. Augustine.[2] It most often refers to the conviction of certain Reformed Protestant theologians that the Christian Church must continually re-examine itself in order to maintain its purity of doctrine and practice.