ABSTRACT
The doctrine of the divine perfections, or attributes of God, is somewhat out of fashion amongst contemporary systematic theologians, largely as a result of the resurgence of interest in trinitarian theology that has occurred over the past halfcentury or so. In the older dogmatics (even in Karl Barth) the implications of the doctrine of God for the rest of theology, and for Christian faith and life, were spelt out largely in terms of the divine perfections; the doctrine of the Trinity was confessed and explored in its ecumenical and conciliar development, but was in danger of having no consequences.1
