The Vision of God: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Beatific Vision and Resurrected Bodies

The beatific vision is central to St. Thomas Aquinas’ doctrine of the soul’s enlightenment. In its vision of the essence of God, the soul/intellect achieves its telos, its highest goal. But the resurrection of the body is a central dogma of the Christian faith, so the main question of this essay con...

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Main Author: Llizo Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-06-01
Series:Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2019-0014