SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

Systematic Theology

Systematic Theology

Introduction

The neo-orthodoxy is essentially a reaction to the optimistic doctrine of liberalism. Than the two world wars dramatically proved the evil nature of man, liberalism had fallen into sheer embarrassment. Before facts as the gas chambers and crematoria of the Nazis, in which 6 million Jews lost their lives in a horrible way, they had to admit that the progress of science is not the advancement of human morality meant. The neo-orthodoxy wants a renewed emphasis on orthodox Reformation (Orthodox means "correct teaching" and it refers to the theology that adheres to the teachings of the Bible), but if you look at all his teaching, this proves to be current inadequate as an interpreter of the faith, although there again are some truths of the Bible, the importance and the role has been that they deserve (Henderson, pp. 39-45, 1998). The Neo-Orthodoxy emphasizes the reality of sin, affirms the transcendence of God and the need for a personal experience of revelation, she believes in salvation by grace. Barth thought, "God is holy, absolute, sovereign, eternal, is different from man and nature in its essence and attribute ... Man is a finite being a slave to sin, completely unable to help themselves in terms of redemption ... man can only find salvation in Christ crucified and risen, and only through the grace that we receive through the Holy Spirit, a relationship with God".

Discussion

Its founder was Karl Barth, theologian and pastor of the Reformed Switzerland. Born in Basel in 1886 and grew up in liberalism, in 1919 he published a comment letter to the Romans, which was destined to revolutionize the history of theology. In it, Barth distanced from the liberal optimism and approached the topics that were dear to the reformers: sin, grace, the love of God our Savior. All this is, however, proposed with a view that unfortunately ignores the verbal inspiration of Scripture. In fact, Barth moved away from liberal theories, but accepted the theory of biblical criticism, the current that denies the plenary and verbal inspiration of the Bible, which has made this theology to an orphan of the fragrance and the authenticity of the anointing of the Holy Spirit to come (Smith, pp. 125-139, 1992).

But consider Barth's ideas precisely:

The first man is a sinner. This truth will be accepted literally and fully dissociates itself open to neoliberal orthodoxy.

2nd The human mind is not credible. If the man is a sinner, and his understanding of this reality is affected. The revelation comes on the human mind.

The third word of God is an experience. This is the doctrine that prevents the neo-orthodoxy, to be accepted by evangelical movements. For Barth, the Bible "only a witness to the revelation of God, as the Holy Spirit reveals the human heart God. Until this critical moment, the Bible is a book like any other, with no sense of the soul". By the denial of objective character of the Bible, the written revelation, loses the neo-orthodoxy, the external criterion ...