Today the doctrine of the beatific vision has been woefully forgotten within the church and its theology. Yet throughout history Christians have always held that the blessed hope of heaven lies in seeing and being in the presence of God of beholding the beatific visi... Lees meer.
Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award in Theology Ethics 2019 To see God is our heart s desire our final purpose in life. But what does it mean to see God. And exactly how do we see God with our physical eyes or with the mind s eye. In this informed study of... Lees meer.
Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award in Theology Ethics To see God is our heart s desire our final purpose in life. But what does it mean to see God. And exactly how do we see God with our physical eyes or with the mind s eye. In this informed study of the... Lees meer.
Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award in Theology Ethics 2019 To see God is our heart s desire our final purpose in life. But what does it mean to see God. And exactly how do we see God with our physical eyes or with the mind s eye. In this informed study... Lees meer.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution Gale initiated a revolution of its own. digi... Lees meer.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution Gale initiated a revolution of its own. digi... Lees meer.
St. Albert the Great began teaching at the University of Paris in 1243 just two years after the Parisian Condemnation of 1241 which affirmed that created and finite intellects will see the divine essence directly in their beatific visions. This book translates and exam... Lees meer.
Beatific Enjoyment in Medieval Scholastic Debates traces the reception of Saint Augustine s concept of beatific enjoyment fruitio beatifica in Peter Lombard s Sentences. It identifies the main themes and problems which shaped the discussion of the concept in thirteent... Lees meer.
This book claims that John Calvin developed Greek doctrines of the interim state of souls resurrection and beatific vision through his reading of ancient Christian sources like Irenaeus of Lyons. Greek had been a technical term in Western theology since at least t... Lees meer.
A work of theology and American church history this volume examines the life and theology of the New England pastor-theologian Jonathan Edwards. Focusing on the glory of God as the dominant theme of Edwards thought the author examines Edward s use of Neoplatonist ter... Lees meer.