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THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AS THE THEME OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY--Theology--The Truth of Dogma--Dogmatics as Systematic Theology--The Development and Problem of So-called Prolegomena to Dogmatics--The Truth of Christian Doctrine as the Theme of Systematic Theology--THE CONCEPT OF GOD AND THE QUESTION OF ITS TRUTH--The Word "God"--Natural Knowledge of God and Natural Theology--Theological Criticism of Natural Theology--The "Natural" Knowledge of God--THE REALITY OF GOD AND THE GODS IN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE RELIGONS--The Concept of Religion and Its Function in Theology--The Anthropological and Theological Nature of Religion--The Question of the Truth of Religion and the History of Religion--The Religious Relation--THE REVELATION OF GOD--The Theological Function of the Concept of Revelation--The Multiplicity of Biblical Ideas of Revelation--The Function of the Concept of Revelation in the History of Theology--Revelation as History and as Word of God--THE TRINITARIAN GOD--The God of Jesus and the Beginnings of the Doctrine of the Trinity--The Place of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Dogmatic Structure and the Problem of Finding a Basis for Trinitarian Statements--Distinction and unity of the divine Persons--The World as the History of God and the Unity of the Divine Essence--THE UNTY AND ATTRIBUTES OF THE DIVINE ESSENCE--The Majesty of God and the Task of Rational Discussion of Talk about god--The Distinction between God's Essence and Existence--God's Essence and Attributes and the Link between Them in Action--God's Spirituality, Knowledge, and Will--The Concept of Divine Action and the Structure of Doctrine of the Divine Attributes--The Infinity of God: His Holiness, Eternity, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence--The Love of God