Karl Barth (1886-1968)

Church Dogmatics: Vol.1/1
"The Doctrine of the Word of God.
Trans. by G.W. Bromiley & T.F. Torrance
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark Ltd, 1975.

Center of Barth Studies: http://www.ptsem.edu/grow/barth/

Introduction [pp.1ff]

1. The Task of Dogmatics [pp.3ff]
"As a theological discipline dogmatics is the scientific self-examination of the Christian Church with respect to the content of its distinctive talk about God."
"Dogmatics is a theological discipline. But theology is a function of the Church."
"The Church confesses God as it talks about God."

1) The Church, Theology, and Science [pp.3ff]
2) Dogmatics as an Enquiry [pp.11ff]
3) Dogmatics as an Act of Faith [pp.17ff]

2. The Task of Prolegomena to Dogmatics [pp.25ff]

Ch.1: The Word of God as the Criterion of Dogmatics [pp.47ff]

3. Church Proclamation as the material of Dogmatics [pp.47ff]

4. The Word of God in its threefold form [pp.88ff]

1) The Word of God Preached [pp.88ff]
2) The Word of God Written [pp.99ff]
3) The Word of God Revealed [pp.111ff]
4) The Unity of the Word of God [pp.120ff]

5. The Nature of the Word of God [pp.125ff]

1) The Question of the Nature of the Word of God [pp.125ff]
2) The Word of God as the Speech of God [pp.132ff]
3) The Speech of God as the Act of God [pp.143ff]
4) The Speech of God the Mystery of God [pp.162ff]

6. The Knowability of the Word of God [pp.187ff]

1) The Question of the Knowability of the Word of God [pp.187ff]
2) The Word of God and Man [pp.190ff]
3) The Word of God and Experience [pp.198ff]
4) The Word of God and Faith [pp.227ff]

7. The Word of God, Dogma, and Dogmatics [pp.248ff]

Ch.2: The Revelation of God [pp.295ff]

8. God in His Revelation [pp.295ff]

9. The Triunity of God [pp.348ff]

1) Unity in Trinity [pp.348ff]
2) Trintiy in Unity [pp.353ff]
3) Tri-Unity [pp.368ff]
4) The Meaning of the Doctrine of the Trinity [pp.375ff]

10. God the Father [pp.384ff]

1) God as Creator [pp.384ff]
2) The Eternal Father [pp.390ff]

11. God the Son [pp.399ff]

1) God as Reconciler [pp.399ff]
2) The Eternal Son [pp.414ff]

12. God the Holy Spirit [pp.448ff]

1) God as Redeemer [pp.448ff]
2) The Eternal Spirit [pp.446ff]

Indexes

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