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Ch. 4
Title: Faith As Confession
Sub-title: Christian faith is the decision in which men have the freedom to be publicly responsible for their trust in God's word and for their knowledge of the truth of Jesus Christ, in the language of the Church, but also in worldly attitudes and above all in their corresponding actions and conduct.

Ch. 3
Title: Faith As Knowledge
Sub-title: Christian faith is the elimination of the reason in which men become free to live in the truth of Jesus Christ and thereby to become sure also of the meaning of their own existence and of the ground and goal of all that happens.

Ch. 2
Title: Faith As Trust
Sub-title: Christian faith is the gift of the meeting in which men become free to hear the word of grace which God has spoken in Jesus Christ in such a way that, in spite of all that contradicts it, they may once for all, exclusively and entirely, hold to His promise and guidance.

Ch 1.
Title: The Task
Sub-title: Dogmatics is the science in which the Church, in accordance with the state of its knowledge at different times, takes account of the content of its proclamation critically, that is, by the standard of Holy Scripture and under the guidance of its Confessions.