Divine Energies: The Consuming Fire and the Beatific Vision
I argue that a comprehensive ontological assessment of the beatific vision suggests that an individual's experience of God's face is not merely dependent on a revelation of the divine energies, but that it requires a particular mode of reception on the part of the blessed individual ground...
Published in: | TheoLogica |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain
[2018]
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TheoLogica
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IxTheo Classification: | NBC Doctrine of God NBQ Eschatology |
Further subjects: | B
Heaven
B Faith B Eschatology B Divine Energy B Hell |
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Summary: | I argue that a comprehensive ontological assessment of the beatific vision suggests that an individual's experience of God's face is not merely dependent on a revelation of the divine energies, but that it requires a particular mode of reception on the part of the blessed individual grounded in the reality of their faith; lacking faith, what would otherwise be experienced as the blessed vision of God is instead received as a torturous punishment. Therefore, I contend that the beatific vision is one of two possible phenomena resultant from seeing God's face; the other is more commonly labeled "hellfire." Consequently, the often-assumed bifurcated landscape of the Afterlife (into a Heaven suffused with God's presence and a Hell deprived of it) must be reassessed. |
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ISSN: | 2593-0265 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: TheoLogica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14428/thl.v2i2.2233 |