In an earlier book, Gordon Watson gave a very powerful, but not uncritical, account of Karl Barth's doctrine of the Trinity, and the central role to which he restored it in the teaching of the church. In Faith Matters he gives more attention to the liturgical or doxological issues in the worship, life and mission of the church. Dr. Watson begins with a rigorous discussion of the Being and Self-disclosure of the Trinity from the perspective of the Holy Spirit, and then offers a careful account of the distinctive character of Barth's epoch-making interpretation of St Anselm's Fides Quarens Intellectum and Cur Deus Homo. His purpose is to clarify Barth's theological method, with particular respect to the procession of the Holy Spirit, and the divergence between Eastern and Western churches over it.

Faith Matters: Theology for Church and World

Religion & Spirituality

Watson, Gordon

Christian Books & Bibles

ATF Press

<p>Any shortcomings of Barth's view of the relationship between God and creation should not obscure the fact that the Church Dogmatics establishes the doctrine of the Trinity as central to the church's theological agenda. Dr. Watson proposes that the Trinity, as a basic hermeneutical key, needs to be understood as expressing the language and the structure of the church's liturgical experience. In this context, the relationship between God and creation takes into full account both God's free condescension as Creator and Reconciler and the created integrity of the creature. The Eastern Church's Trinitarian vision clarifies and resolves the theological inadequacies of Barth's presentation.</p>

The Trinity and Creation in Karl Barth

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Faith Matters: Theology for Church and World

The Trinity and Creation in Karl Barth