The Relationship between Christological Ideas of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Ethics

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Introduction
The purpose of the following essay is to determine the relationship between the
Christological ideas of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the grounds of ethics. Both the
theologians have discussed upon the relevance on different themes of Chritian theology over the
years. The similarities and differences in their viewpoints would be assessed in this essay.
Views of Karl Barth
According to the ethics of Karl Barth, the main factor is the command of the omnipotent
God. Karl Barth had taught all the human beings that the human experience in this earth is only
the reflection of the words by God. He had felt some issues while he studied the Bible. He
observed a ‘strange new world’ while he believed that the right and just thoughts about the
human beings formed the content of the Bible (Mangina, 2017). He had been a regular critic of
the liberal theology. Barth had opined in favor of the transcendence of God above completely
contrary to the theology based on the human beings (Burgess, 2017).
In the opinion of Barth, there has always been a crisis between the theological views
between the God and humanity. This is why theology of crisis and dialectical theology has come
to existence. Barth had also gave the emphasis on predicting the life of faith in God so the human
beings could avoid the clash between the Godly faith and human thoughts (Mangina, 2017).
Barth has also provided views on the theological aspects by saying that there are generally three
modes like the Holy Jesus Christ, His messages though the Scriptures and the preaching of
Church from the Holy Scriptures.