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The Theological Scheme

1.1. The Necessity for Theology 1.1.1. Seth: in this section he is talking about how the seeking of faith seeking understanding is necessary and flows from faith. That is why theology is necessary. He first sets up what the purpose is, then what necessity is not, then the four goals of seeking. 1.1.2. Result of seeking joy. A sort of aesthetics. 1.1.3. Negation: faith doesnt require understanding. Faith is a precondition of theology and understanding. Barth spends a lot of time, and has some great quotations, saying that theology cant hurt faith and faith isnt dependent on reason. Also that theology cant lead to faith. It isnt the cause of faith. 1.1.4. Four lines of compulsion that leads faith to seek understanding 1.1.4.1. Truth: Since God is truth, we seek truth and God. Faith in God demands knowledge of God. 1.1.4.2. Will: Faith is a movement of the will. (Seth: this seems quite different from Anselm. Anselm emphasizes our dependence upon God moving first). It is hard to know what is Anselm here and what is Barth. Nevertheless, we must choose justice over injustice, truth over lies, and the good over the bad this is knowledge. 1.1.4.3. Anthropology: Faith comes from the outside, or the seed of God. The Word. The image of the supreme being, or the vestige of the Trinity that still resides in us. The imago Dei helps the Word land in faith. THUS, we move further down divinization. 1.1.4.4. Eschatology: knowledge can help lead us up to, the heavenly vision. 1.2. The Possibility of Theology 1.3. The Conditions of Theology 1.4. The Manner of Theology 1.5. The Aim of Theology (The Proof)

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The Proof of the Existence of God

2.1. The Presuppositions of the Proof 2.1.1. The Name of God 2.1.2. The Question of the Existence of God 2.2. The Development of the Proof (Commentary on Proslogion 2-4) 2.2.1. The General Existence of God (Prosl. 2) 2.2.2. The Special Existence of God (Prosl. 3) 2.2.3. The Possibility of Denying the Existence of God (Pros. 4)