SELDOM has Karl Barth been so close to Calvin and Calvin so close to us as in the present work, now translated and published in Britain for the first time.
This book, containing a commentary on the Apostle's Creed according to the Catechism of Calvin, is of great interest, since it deals with the heart of the Christian faith and thus presents the heart of Barth’s theology. Karl Barth repudiates every theological approach which permits man either self-sufficiency or independence from the grace of God, and he places renewed emphasis on the meaning of Calvin’s Catechism—which is to direct man to the knowledge of God.
Forceful, informative and exceedingly penetrating, it is perhaps the best simplified and systematic introduction to the theology of Barth yet to be published.