Augustine on the beatific vision as ubique totus
A constant in Augustine's long literary career is his understanding of God's presence as ubique totus, or whole and everywhere'. I will first consider how Augustine came to perceive of the divine presence in this life (here I will look especially at the Confessions); second, how he t...
| Published in: | Scottish journal of theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Scottish journal of theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Beatific vision
/ Presence of God
/ Resurrection
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Beatific Vision B Divine Presence B Eschatology |
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| Summary: | A constant in Augustine's long literary career is his understanding of God's presence as ubique totus, or whole and everywhere'. I will first consider how Augustine came to perceive of the divine presence in this life (here I will look especially at the Confessions); second, how he theologically articulates the nature of the divine presence (here I will draw on Ep. 187), and, finally, how he understands the divine presence in the life to come (and here I will focus on the conclusion of the City of God). I suggest that a fundamental continuity obtains between how Augustine understands seeing God in this life and the next and that this continuity is predicated on his conception of the divine presence as ubique totus. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930617000643 |