Abstract:
Holy Bible is the source of Christian worship, without which theological aesthetics cannot stand alone. Balthasar’s theological aesthetics is just based on biblical aesthetics. In his theological aesthetics, Old Testament enjoys an equal theological place to New Testament. He takes Old Testament as the source and basis of his aesthetic theory. To Balthasar glory aesthetics in Old Testament contains three key themes: glory, image and grace, of which glory the motif, governing aesthetic subject in Old Testament, image is the worldly indication of brilliance of glory, and grace is a bridge between the two, declaring God’s love for men and demonstrating His glory. All these aesthetic subjects in Old Testament spotlight on Jesus Christ, which forms the theoretical basis of Balthasar’s glory aesthetics of New Testament.
