Revelation in history in the theologies of Charles Hodge and Karl Barth
This study is a comparison between the views of two Reformed theologians, Charles Hodge and Karl Barth, concerning revelation in history. It is an attempt to contrast their different viewpoints in the light of their assumptions about knowledge and their understanding of theology. There is also an attempt to place each man within his particular historical context and to determine how his historical circumstances affected the formulation of his theological beliefs and epistemological assumptions. For Charles Hodge, knowledge of God is similar to the knowledge of the external world. He believed there was a natural understanding of God given through natural revelation and that was supplemented by the understanding obtained from the information provided in the Bible, God's supernatural revelation. He believed theology should be primarily concerned with the study of the Bible. This study of the Bible should take the form of a systematizing of the timeless truths found in the Bible in order to formulate a definitive confession of faith that gives the correct interpretation of God Himself and His dealings with man. From this framework, Hodge presented revelation in history as the communication of timeless truths about
Lazenby, Henry F.
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Revelation in history in the theologies of Charles Hodge and Karl Barth. This study is a comparison between the views of two Reformed theologians, Charles Hodge and Karl Barth, concerning revelation in history. It is an attempt to contrast their different viewpoints in the light of their assumptions about knowledge and their understanding of theology. There is also an attempt to place each man within his particular historical context and to determine how his historical circumstances affected the formulation of his theological beliefs and epistemological assumptions. For Charles Hodge, knowledge of God is similar to the knowledge of the external world. He believed there was a natural understanding of God given through natural revelation and that was supplemented by the understanding obtained from the information provided in the Bible, God's supernatural revelation. He believed theology should be primarily concerned with the study of the Bible. This study of the Bible should take the form of a systematizing of the timeless truths found in the Bible in order to formulate a definitive confession of faith that gives the correct interpretation of God Himself and His dealings with man. From this framework, Hodge presented revelation in history as the communication of timeless truths about
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