The Trinity and Creation in Karl Barth

Any shortcomings of Barth’s view of the relationship between God and creation should not obscure the fact that the Church Dogmatics establishes the doctrine of the Trinity as central to the church’s theological agenda. Dr. Watson proposes that the Trinity, as a basic hermeneutical key, needs to be understood as expressing the language and the structure of the church’s liturgical experience. In this context, the relationship between God and creation takes into full account both God’s free condescension as Creator and Reconciler and the created integrity of the creature. The Eastern Church’s Trinitarian vision clarifies and resolves the theological inadequacies of Barth’s presentation.