2008::9 on this point: "In your light we shall see light.") Further, since every created image or likeness of God (including even the most perfect "ideas" or "images" of God we might generate in our minds) is necessarily finite, it would thus be infinitely less than God himself. The only perfect and infinite good, therefore, is God Himself, which is why Aquinas argues that our perfect happiness and final end can only be the direct union with God Himself and not with any created image of Him. This union comes about by a kind of "seeing" perfectly the divine essence itself, a gift given to our intellects when God joins them directly to Himself without any intermediary. And since in seeing this perfect vision of what (and who) God is, we grasp also His perfect goodness, this act of "seeing" is at the same time a perfect act of loving God as the highest and infinite goodness.
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happy, so long as something remains for him to desire and seek." But this kind of perfect happiness cannot be found in any physical pleasure, any amount of worldly power, any degree of temporal fame or honor, or indeed in any finite reality. It can only be found in something that is infinite and perfect – and this is God. And since God is not a material thing but is pure spirit, we are united to God by knowing and loving Him. Consequently, the union with God is the most perfect human happiness and the ultimate goal of human life. But we cannot attain to this happiness by our own natural powers; it is a gift that must be given us by God, who strengthens us by the "light of glory" so that we can see Him as he is, without any intermediary. (Thomas quotes
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and the saints, but also the fulfillment of all the heart's desires - including, on
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Passion as acutely as if no such union had existed "because in the one Person of Jesus Christ were preserved the properties of both natures" human and divine; and therefore what was passible and mortal remained
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The theological virtue of faith, too, is incomplete, since
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How great will your glory and happiness be, to be allowed to see God, to be honored with sharing the joy of salvation and eternal light with Christ your Lord and God... to delight in the joy of immortality in the
Kingdom of Heaven with the righteous and God's
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The beatific vision is a grace and a privilege intended for every person and angel, since God created people and angels to enjoy the beatific vision. The beatific vision is the ultimate purpose of each person's and angel's life.
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Holiness, let all thy saints adore / thy sacred energy, and bless thine heart-renewing power. / No angel tongues can tell thy love's ecstatic height, / the glorious joy unspeakable, the beatific
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2648:"SUMMA THEOLOGIAE: What is happiness (Prima Secundae Partis, Q. 3, a. 8)"
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2466:"Catechism of the Catholic Church - PART 4 SECTION 1 CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE 1"
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2732:"SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Can we know God by natural reason in this life?"
3031:"Catechism of the Catholic Church - I believe in life everlasting"
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perfect happiness, the vision is termed "beatific."
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2116:Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
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3165:Sacramentum Mundi. An Encyclopedia of Theology
3049:"Catechism of the Catholic Church - I believe"
2513:]. Filosofia (in Italian) (3rd ed.).
2182:Sacramentum Mundi. An Encyclopedia of Theology
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3163:K. Rahner (1968). "Beatific Vision".
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2538:Roman Catechism, Accessory Happiness
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2337:Etymology Online: Beatific
1526:Catholic Church portal
3244:Afterlife in Christianity
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2348:Etymology Online: Vision
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653:Mystical Body of Christ
3264:Heaven in Christianity
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