Barth's Theology of Relations, part 4
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This post continues a series looking at Gary Deddo's two-volume book, " Karl Barth's Theology of Relations (Trinitarian, Christological, and Human: Towards an Ethic of the Family) ." For other posts in this series, click a number: 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 . Last time in this series we noted two key points in Barth's Christological anthropology : In God we begin to see who we are (beings-in-relation, reflections of the relational, triune God) Jesus' humanity determines our humanity (in his humanity, Jesus is the true imago Dei ) Gary goes on to note five related points: 1. In the person of Jesus there is the co-incidence of act and being Ascension of Christ by Fugel (public domain via Wikimedia Commons) A fundamental truth for Barth is that Jesus does what he is. In Christ, there is perfect unity between his being and act. Who is Jesus?---according to Barth, he is the one who has his being "by virtue of His relationship to God and in relation