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A Revelational-Trinitarian Doctrine of God in the Prolegomena to Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics

s Church Dogmatics is distinguished by the enormity of his undertaking, the gravity of his theological project, and the urgency with which he writes. One ought to begin any approach to the Church Dogmatics with an examination of Barth's assignment, paying close attention to the bounds which he himself establishes in his pursuit. This is the critical function held by the prolegomena to the Church Dogmatics , spanning the entirety of Volume I/I. The consuming interest of the prolegomena is the establishment of Barth's theological and hermeneutical methodology, and therewith the determination of the the implications of a precisely dogmatic encounter with those Christian teachings which constitute the Christian faith, i.e., the determination of the dogmatic approach to Christian knowledge of God. To adopt 1 Barth's own language, the interest of the prolegomena is with the "the particular way of knowledge" by which one stands in confrontation with the task at hand and prepares to assume it. The structural order of Barth's prolegomena demands that an exposition of it must follow its 2 theological succession and therewith its cumulative construction of doctrine. The dialectical and theological foundations of Barth's composition, within his prolegomena as well as the entirety of the Church Dogmatics , are reliant on this proper order of conviction and concept. To be guided by Barth in this way, to trace the careful cartography of the origination of doctrine from truth and doctrine from doctrine within the Church Dogmatics , demands a reckoning with the provenance of Christian knowledge. In the words of Alan Torrance: "How Barth treats the doctrine of God and how he conceives the whole task of dogmatics are irreducibly interrelated. It is this

The Humanity of God in Karl Barth’s Christological Interpretations

Roczniki Teologiczne, 2016

The article shows the key aspects of the Christological approach to Karl Barth's teaching about "the humanity of God". The author argues that in the mirror of Jesus Christ's humanity the humanity of God included in Jesus's divine nature is revealed. It is in Jesus Christ that kenosis and gloria, humanum and divinum meet in an amazing way; and in the negotiating space which is constituted by His Person they explain each other, speaking more sonorously with their own voice. Hence the point of departure for a reflection on the problem that is posed here, is looking closely at the formal basis of Barth's theology. Jesus Christ's central place-with respect to the contents, form and method-is considered to be one of its most important attributes. The author of Die Kirchliche Dogmatik starts his argument by discussing Jesus Christ's pre-existence with the help of the doctrine of "the gracious election" that is a modified conception of his earlier Trinitarian theology. It says that God "from the beginning" is directed to man, suggesting a prohuman character of God's being and acting. In the light of Barth's doctrine Jesus Christ, as the second Person of the Trinity, is not only the object of election", but He is also the electing subject. As the One Who Wants to complete the Father's salutary work, he is the justification and guarantee of our salvation. Barth categorically pronounces himself in favor of the Christological paradigm of the Revelation saying that around history and the dialogue, in which God and a man meet and are together-around a mutually made and kept relation-there is the most complete opening and exchange. It happens in the Person, since Jesus Christ is in the only and in the highest degree: a true God's man (Gott des Menschen) and a true Divine Man (Mensch Gottes). The phrase about the "humanity of God"-is Emmanuel, to whom we pass from the Christological centre, taking into consideration the theological and anthropological consequences following this movement.

Facticity and Faithfulness: Divine Simplicity in Barth's Christology

Pro Ecclesia, 2017

This essay explores the distribution of Barth’s doctrine of God’s unity in his Christology, with a critical focus on divine simplicity. Through a subtle repositioning of concepts inherited from the scholastic tradition, Barth renders divine unity a strictly revealed doctrine and grounds divine simplicity in God’s enacted faithfulness. The consequences are both formal and material for Christology. Formally, especially as mediated through the concept of ‘actuality’, divine unity requires and contributes to a historical form for Christology that eschews traditional concepts like natures and properties. Materially, the simple faithfulness of God is concretized in and mirrored by Christ’s covenant faithfulness. I argue that Barth’s deployment of simplicity has potential promise when put into conversation with classical metaphysics, which alleviate some of the lingering tensions in Barth’s doctrines of God and Christ.

Karl Barth's Understanding of the Word of God, Anselm and the Human Being

It is generally acknowledged that Barth's theology is a theology of the Word of God. The notion of the Word of God pervades his theological writings as the leading concept. His Church Dogmatics begin with an extended treatment of the doctrine of the Word of God. In the foreword of his Dogmatics in Outline Barth states that "the subject of theology is ... the Word of God."1 That there is a connection with his theological anthropology is less obvious.

Karl Barth on the Trinity: A Family Resemblance

Scottish Journal of Theology, 1986

This article seeks to define one important way in which idealist thought, for which Edward Caird will serve as spokesman, can help us understand Barth's doctrine of the essential Trinity. It is hoped that this will in particular clarify the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, and help qualify some recent criticism levelled at…