The Aseity of God as a Material Evangelical Concern
An evangelical doctrine of God is concerned with not only the unfolding of the logic of God’s free grace but also the antecedent conditions whereby God is said to be gracious. In this article I demonstrate the extent to which for Karl Barth grace demands a “backward reference,” indeed the immanent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Journal of reformed theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-78 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NBF Christology NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
Attributes
Christology
Barth
God
grace
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| Summary: | An evangelical doctrine of God is concerned with not only the unfolding of the logic of God’s free grace but also the antecedent conditions whereby God is said to be gracious. In this article I demonstrate the extent to which for Karl Barth grace demands a “backward reference,” indeed the immanent processions of the Son and Spirit as the basis for their missions. Accordingly, I advance the notion that the question of antecedence—the “whence”—represents not simply a formal but rather a material concern, a concern which the Reformed appreciate. I unfold this contention with respect some New Testament texts and in relation to two doctrines, namely the doctrine of the divine attributes and that of the hypostatic union. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7312 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of reformed theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697312-00801003 |