This article contrasts the accounts of mystery used to combat idolatry found in the theology of Karl Barth and in contemporary apophatic theology. It describes Barth’s account of mystery as distinctly Protestant in its soteriological nature and basis in contrast to recent apophatic accounts of mystery based on the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo. These divergent theologies of mystery—as either light or darkness based on different dogmatic res—ultimately reveal contrasting commitments in the doctrine of God. For both, Jesus Christ is the light of God’s gracious revelation. However, the movement in apophatic theology is from the light of Christ to the mystery of divine darkness, while in Barth’s theology Jesus Christ is the luminous mystery of God that dispels the Deus absconditus. This article argues that idolatry is better counteracted by Barth’s positive concept that mystery is grace and filled with content in Jesus Christ.

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偶像崇拜与神秘

本文对比了卡尔·巴特神学和当代否认神学中用于打击偶像崇拜的神秘叙述。它描述了巴特对神秘的解释在其救恩论本质和基础上明显是新教的，与最近基于基督教教义的对神秘的否认描述形成鲜明对比。无中生有。这些不同的神秘神学——基于不同教义的光明或黑暗资源——最终揭示上帝教义中对比鲜明的承诺。对于两者来说，耶稣基督都是神恩典启示的光。然而，否认神学的运动是来自基督的光到神圣黑暗的奥秘，而在巴特的神学中，耶稣基督是上帝的发光奥秘，驱散了黑暗。潜逃神。本文认为，巴特的积极概念可以更好地抵制偶像崇拜，即神秘就是恩典，并且充满了耶稣基督的内容。