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Work #420 · Mid

Church Dogmatics

Karl Barth
1932-67 (14 volumes, unfinished) · German
Systematic theology · Reformed-Protestant dialectical theology

Barth's unfinished 14-volume systematic theology — the major 20th-century Protestant dogmatics

Attribute Fingerprint

Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Church Dogmatics (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Church Dogmatics

The salvation-historical time of God's revelation in Christ.

Space

Church Dogmatics

The space of the Church's witness to revelation.

Matter

Church Dogmatics

The incarnate Christ as the material-historical event.

Observer

Church Dogmatics

The believer addressed by the Word.

Energy

Church Dogmatics

Divine-revelatory energies.

Information

Church Dogmatics

14-volume systematic-dogmatic framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Church Dogmatics

Barth's revelation-theology in continuing controversy with liberal and natural theology.