Humanity matters : the strange priestly yes of God actualised amidst the struggles of life
Date
2019
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Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust
Abstract
Barth’s rejection of natural theology gives the impression that his theology holds only negative views of anthropology. A description of the office of the priesthood of Christ offers insight into how humanity matters in the theology of Karl Barth. The article argues that Christ, the priest, actualised and effectuated the strange priestly yes of God to humanity. The strange priestly yes of God to humanity can be understood, as grounded upon the radical yes of God to humanity, revealed and actualised in the incarnated person and redemptive history of Jesus Christ as the one who is the Son of God and the Son of man.
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CITATION: Taljaard, A. 2019. Humanity matters : the strange priestly yes of God actualised amidst the struggles of life. Theological Journal, 5(1):123-140, doi:10.17570/stj.2019.v5n1.a07.
The original publication is available at https://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/stj
The original publication is available at https://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/stj
Keywords
Humanities, Jesus Christ -- Person and offices
Citation
Taljaard, A. 2019. Humanity matters : the strange priestly yes of God actualised amidst the struggles of life. Theological Journal, 5(1):123-140, doi:10.17570/stj.2019.v5n1.a07