Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics was a theological summa published between 1932 and 1967 that spanned 9257 pages. The English translations lagged many years behind the German original publications, so as an English reader of Barth, I have struggled to find the original publication dates of each volume of the Church Dogmatics. So, I've created the above image to depict the Church Dogmatics volumes with the respective year that each volume was published in the German first edition.
The complete publication information for each volume of the Church Dogmatics may be accessed by the following links:
- The Church Dogmatics I/1: The Doctrine of the Word of God,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik I/1 : Die Lehre vom Wort Gottes. 1. Halbband,
1932 (1936 ET), 528 pages - The Church Dogmatics I/2: The Doctrine of the Word of God,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik 1/2 : Die Lehre vom Wort Gottes. 2. Halbband,
1938 (1956 ET), 1012 pages - The Church Dogmatics II/1: The Doctrine of God,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik II/1 : Die Lehre von Gott. Teilband 1,
1940 (1957 ET), 783 pages - The Church Dogmatics II/2: The Doctrine of God,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik II/2: Die Lehre von Gott. Teilband 2,
1942 (1957 ET), 899 pages - The Church Dogmatics III/1: The Doctrine of Creation,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik III/1: Die Lehre von der Schöpfung. Teilband 1,
1945 (1958 ET), 488 pages - The Church Dogmatics III/2: The Doctrine of Creation,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik III/2: Die Lehre von der Schöpfung. Teilband 2,
1948 (1960 ET), 637 pages - The Church Dogmatics III/3: The Doctrine of Creation,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik III/3: Die Lehre von der Schöpfung. Teilband 3,
1950 (1961 ET), 810 pages - The Church Dogmatics III/4: The Doctrine of Creation,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik III/4: Die Lehre von der Schöpfung. Teilband 4,
1951 (1961 ET), 869 pages - The Church Dogmatics IV/1: The Doctrine of Reconciliation,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik IV/1: Die Lehre von der Versöhnung. Teilband 1,
1953 (1956 ET), 896 pages - The Church Dogmatics IV/2: The Doctrine of Reconciliation,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik IV/2: Die Lehre von der Versöhnung. Teilband 2,
1955 (1958 ET), 983 pages - The Church Dogmatics IV/3.1: The Doctrine of Reconciliation,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik IV/3.1: Die Lehre von der Versöhnung. Teilband 3.1,
1959 (1961 ET), 551 pages - The Church Dogmatics IV/3.2: The Doctrine of Reconciliation,
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik IV/3.2: Die Lehre von der Versöhnung. Teilband 3.2,
1959 (1962 ET), 554 pages - The Church Dogmatics IV/4: The Doctrine of Reconciliation (fragment),
Die Kirchliche Dogmatik IV/4: Die Lehre von der Versöhnung. Teilband 4,
1967 (1969 ET), 247 pages
*ET is English Translation
Related: CD I/1, CD I/2, CD II/1, CD II/2, CD III/1, CD III/2, CD III/3, CD III/4, CD IV.1, CD IV/2, CD IV/3.1, CD IV/3.2, CD IV/4, Church Dogmatics, Church Dogmatics I/1, Church Dogmatics I/2, Church Dogmatics II/1, Church Dogmatics II/2, Church Dogmatics III/1, Church Dogmatics III/2, Church Dogmatics III/3, Church Dogmatics III/4, Church Dogmatics IV.1, Church Dogmatics IV/2, Church Dogmatics IV/3.1, Church Dogmatics IV/3.2, Church Dogmatics IV/4, Karl Barth, publication dates, timeline
March 27th, 2022 - 12:31
Thank you so much for this. The *when* of his words always seem pertinent to me, especially when I repeat them to others, and I come back here often to position them in time.