In these chapters of «Church Dogmatics», translated into Russian for the fi rst time, Karl Barth presents his ideas about the relationship between religion (or natural religiosity of human being) and Christian revelation. According to Barth, the Christian religion is the true religion, but it is so only because of the fact that the divine revelation, so to speak, «sublimes» the human religion. God has chosen the time and place for His revelation only according to His own discretion, and only according to His own discretion He elects people, who constitute the Christian Church, which is «a place of true religion». This election, justifi cation, and, consequently, the formation of Christianity as true religion is a continual process.