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The Aseity of God as a Material Evangelical Concern

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The Aseity of God as a Material Evangelical Concern

[Article]

Christopher R.J. Holmes

Leiden

Brill

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. 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.

2014

61-78

Journal of Reformed Theology

8/1

1569-7312

attributes

Barth

Christology

God

grace

Christopher R.J. Holmes

10.1163/15697312-00801003

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