Barth's Calvin lectures are naturally outdated. They are also incomplete and rather formless. Nevertheless, the wrestling of one theological giant with another can hardly fail to be exciting and instructive, no less and perhaps more so when they belong in general to the same theological and ecclesiastical tradition. Sooner or later, as pastor, preacher, expositor, and professor, Barth obviously and inevitably had to come to close grips with Calvin. Predictably, the impact when he did so would be decisive for himself, and in some way also for those with whom he might share the confrontation, as he does in the present lectures.巴特的加尔文讲座自然过时了。它们也不完整，相当无形。尽管如此，一个神学巨人与另一个神学巨头的角力几乎不能不令人兴奋和富有启发性，当他们一般属于同一个神学和教会传统时，情况可能更糟。作为一名牧师、传道者、说教者和教授，巴特迟早显然不可避免地要与加尔文打交道。不出所料，他这样做的影响将对他自己起决定性作用，在某种程度上也会对那些他可能与之分享对抗的人起到决定性作用，就像他在本次演讲中所做的那样