... who take that opportunity to enjoy the Beatific Vision of himself in life after death. John Revelation of St God defined gratitude sin Responsibility and Atonement worship Kant I friendship love Christ Jesus Matthew Gospel of St prayer revelation vocation Adam angels determinism free...

.... On a Christian view, the point of this life is to form ourselves so as to be capable of enjoying the Beatific Vision of God in a life after death. Acts of the Apostles comparative condition Paul St Sermon on the Mount theodicy Chisholm R M right defined after‐life desires life after death Plato...

... established by Augustine. The will (as “rational appetite” for the universal good) becomes the engine driving our search for happiness. It includes aspects such as choice, consent, intention, etc., and its ultimate goal, Thomas argues, is the Beatific Vision of God. This, however, is “beyond the nature...

...This chapter reviews the lessons on the ‘Beat’ – or ‘beatific’ – vision that was discussed in the previous chapters. It examines the relationship between the fifties writers and the sixties songwriters, emphasising the power of popular song to make complex religious philosophies accessible...

... shows the Trinitarian dimensions of the beatific vision, the Holy Spirit as deifying Gift, and deification through the Trinitarian missions as a participation in the communion of the Trinity. A special section is dedicated to Charles Journet, for whom deification is a participation in the Trinitarian...

...Although rarely appreciated, Aquinas recognizes an important role for the Holy Spirit in Christ’s human knowledge. Chapter 6 underlines this role in Christ’s supernatural human knowledge, including both his beatific vision, by which Christ as man sees the divine essence and knows the divine...

...Edwards the Mentor. Rhys S. Bezzant, Oxford University Press (2019). © Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190221201.003.0004 Edwards’s chief theological justification for mentoring arises from the doctrine of the beatific vision, or the significance for our present life...

... eschatological views of those cosmologists who hold that the universe, in its distant future, will pass out of existence from heat death or freezing. Finally, the article discusses the relationship between resurrection and what has been called “the beatific vision.”. 398 Bibliography Thomas Aquinas...

... cannot reach this through our own efforts; God must reach down, into our microcosmic nature; hence, it is the resurrected body that will enjoy the beatific vision. Hence also, grace comes to us in sacramental worship and not in isolated solitude, and God permeates our entire being. Secondly, liturgy...

...The nature of heaven is mysterious, but Anselm of Canterbury has some useful things to say on the subject. He offers a proof that some creature must enjoy the beatific vision of God, which vision may include the goods of creation. Contemporary philosophers have suggested a dilemma: either...

... character; hence, if God keeps them alive, their happiness can consist only in low‐level enjoyment. God will give to the sanctified (in company with each other) the (un‐merited) Beatific Vision of himself; and good pagans are to be included in this group. God may award (temporarily or permanently...

...Thomas Aquinas claims that perfect happiness—the beatific vision—is a state in which human beings are joined to God in a never-ending act of contemplation of the divine essence. This state involves both the fulfillment of the human drive for knowledge and the satisfaction of our will’s search...

... meditation poetry spirit christology communication anthropology Bynum Caroline Walker Lewis C S intelligibility objectivity tradition William of Auxerre Evagrius Ponticus illumination reason transformation mysticism perception spirituality epistemology eschatology beatitude beatific...

... inspiration in their search for the beatific vision. The chapter ends with a section on the twofold assumption addressed in this book, which is that popular song is worth taking seriously, regardless of its status in society. Ginsberg Allen Kerouac Jack Watts Alan ‘Beat’ definition of Dylan Bob Huncke...

... for the dead and intercession of the saints; beatific vision; condemnation; general judgment and the glorified universe. Albert the Great Alexander of Hales Bonaventure Durandus of Saint Pourçain eschatology Giles of Rome Hugh of Saint Cher Lombard Peter Middle Ages conceptions of Richard of Middleton...

... in dialogue with Calvin’s commentary on 1 Corinthians 15 and, secondarily, with Barth’s commentary on the same. Third and last, I present some avenues for future research, especially the immanent life of God and the beatific vision. eschatology God Torrance Thomas F incarnation person and work...

...’ or ‘sapiential’ (chapter 7); the role of charity in contemplation is also dealt with (chapter 6). Finally, while Aquinas’s discussion of the beatific vision (chapter 8) appears to be in tension with his overall epistemological account, there is, nevertheless, an important element of continuity, namely the non...

..., the intelligibility that the Good brings by illumination is, according to Plato, the same kind of intelligibility the God-consciousness brings in the beatific vision Schleiermacher describes above: namely, the perfect understanding of the necessity and intelligibility of all things as they follow from the Good...

...When thinking about the epistemology of heavenly bliss, two thoughts come immediately to mind: the Thomistic idea of the beatific vision and St Paul’s claims in I Corinthians 13 that though we now see obscurely in a mirror, though we now only know in part, then we shall see face to face and we...