Will we see God's essence? A defence of a Thomistic account of the beatific vision
Recent discussion regarding the beatific vision has concerned the object of the vision. Thomas Aquinas represents a robust account of the beatific vision according to which God will be seen in his essence by saints and angels in heaven. Others, however, have worried that such a view risks imperillin...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 74, Issue: 4, Pages: 323-332 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Vision of God
/ Being
/ God
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IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God |
Further subjects: | B
Divine Essence
B Thomas Aquinas B Beatific Vision |
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