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Record W4220666105 · doi:10.1177/00084298211068196

The modalism debate on Karl Barth’s doctrine of the Trinity

2022· article· en· W4220666105 on OpenAlex
Dong-Yaul Tae

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Bibliographic record

VenueStudies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses · 2022
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldArts and Humanities
TopicKarl Barth and Christian Theology
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsDoctrineRepetition (rhetorical device)CriticismArgument (complex analysis)PhilosophyExpression (computer science)TheologyLiteratureLinguisticsArtMedicineComputer science

Abstract

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Karl Barth is best known for renewing interest in the doctrine of the Trinity in the mid to late 20th century and into the present day. However, criticism has been continuously raised that he fell into modalism in his understanding of the Trinity. Barth’s usage of the terms ‘repetition’ and ‘modes of being’ is at the heart of the debate. In other words, the crux of the critics’ argument is that his refusal to call the three hypostases of the Trinity as persons and his insistence on calling them repetitions or modes led him to fall into modalism. In particular, relatively recently Michael Ovey, in the same vein as the previous criticisms, and more specifically and sharply than them, argues that Barth’s use of repetition language makes the Son a repetition of the Father and causes the ultimate elimination of plurality of the three hypostases, resulting in a distinct modalism. This article will respond especially to this criticism of Ovey, demonstrating that the contention that Barth avoided modalism when pursuing appropriate expression about God is a defensible claim. Specifically, this research will show that the repetition that Barth refers to is not the repetition of the Father, but the repetition of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. It will also show that Barth consistently holds the distinction of the three hypostases in expounding the doctrine of the Trinity.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesScience and technology studies
Consensus categoriesScience and technology studies
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.746
Threshold uncertainty score0.999

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0030.004
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.077
GPT teacher head0.315
Teacher spread0.238 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it