Church Dogmatics

work by Barth

Also known as: “Kirchliche Dogmatik”

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Church Dogmatics is a monumental theological work by Karl Barth, a highly influential 20th-century Protestant theologian. Barth's theology emphasizes the "wholly otherness of God" and reasserted the centrality of the Trinity and Christology within Christian doctrine.1

The work, completed in four volumes, grew out of Barth's lectures and is considered a significant contribution to modern theology. It explores the Word of God, divine revelation, and the Trinity, integrating dynamic and ontological factors in theological knowledge. Barth's approach aimed to redirect Protestant thought from human-centered theology towards a focus on God's self-revelation. The Church Dogmatics is noted for its powerful epistemology and its integration of divine action and being in theological understanding.12

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…massive study Kirchliche Dogmatik (1932–67; Church Dogmatics), a remarkable contribution to 20th-century theology. Church Dogmatics grew year by year out of his class lectures; though incomplete, it eventually filled four volumes in 12 parts, of which Barth regarded volume 2, parts 1 and 2, which are devoted to the doctrine…
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…massive study Kirchliche Dogmatik (1932–67; Church Dogmatics), a remarkable contribution to 20th-century theology. Church Dogmatics grew year by year out of his class lectures; though incomplete, it eventually filled four volumes in 12 parts, of which Barth regarded volume 2, parts 1 and 2, which are devoted to the doctrine…
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