- For the 2008 film, see Beatific Vision (2008 film)
In Roman Catholic theology, the beatific vision is the eternal and direct perception of God enjoyed by those who are in Heaven, imparting supreme happiness or blessedness. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Heaven may refer to the physical heavens the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the Universe beyond Happiness is an Emotion associated with feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction to Bliss and intense Joy. While humans' understanding of God while alive is indirect (mediated), the beatific vision is direct (immediate). Thomas Aquinas defined the beatific vision as the ultimate end of human existence after physical death. Aquinas's formulation of beholding God in Heaven parallels Plato's description of one beholding the Good in the world of knowledge.
The beatific vision was featured in a controversy when Pope John XXII denied that the saved experienced it before Judgement Day. Pope John (numbering Pope John XXII (1249 &ndash December 4, 1334) born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse) was Pope from 1316 to 1334
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Roman Catholic tradition
Saint Cyprian wrote of the saved seeing God in the Kingdom of Heaven. This page is about Cyprian bishop of Carthage For other Cyprians see Cyprian (disambiguation.
"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 friends" ~ St. Cyprian
More specifically, Catholic Encyclopedia defines the beatific vision:
The immediate knowledge of God which the angelic spirits and the souls of the just enjoy in Heaven. This page is about Cyprian bishop of Carthage For other Cyprians see Cyprian (disambiguation. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia It is called "vision" to distinguish it from the mediate knowledge of God which the human mind may attain in the present life. And since in beholding God face to face the created intelligence finds perfect happiness, the vision is termed "beatific".
In Catholic theology, the intercession of saints is valid because those who have died in the faith are with God in Heaven and enjoy the Beatific Vision, i. Intercession of the saints is a Christian doctrine common to the vast majority of the world's Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Latin Rite e. , unmediated access to God's presence.
Platonism
In the philosophy of Plato, the beatific vision is the vision of the Good. Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Plato describes "The Idea of the Good" in his Dialogue, The Republic, speaking through the character of Socrates. In Plato's Allegory of the cave, which appears in the Republic Book 7 (514a - 520a), he writes (speaking, as he consistently does through all but one of his extant works, through the character of Socrates):
"My opinion is that in the world of knowledge the idea of good (the Good) appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort; and, when seen, is also inferred to be the universal author of all things beautiful and right, parent of light and of the lord of light in this visible world, and the immediate source of reason and truth in the intellectual. The Allegory of the Cave is an Allegory used by the Greek Philosopher Plato in his work The Republic. The Republic ( Greek: / Politeía, meaning "political system" Latin: Res Publica, meaning "public business" or SOCRATES is the European Community action programme in the field of Education. " (517b,c)
Thus, for Plato, the Good appears to correspond to God in Christian theology.
St. Augustine expressed views similar to Plato's on this subject, and was familiar with Plato's ideas, either directly or via the writings of neoplatonists. Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical Philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD founded by
History of the beatific vision
In the 13th-Century, the philosopher-theologian Thomas Aquinas described the ultimate end of a human life as consisting in the intellectual Beatific Vision of God's essence after death. see Summa Theologiae
According to Aquinas, the Beatific Vision surpasses both faith and reason. Faith is a Belief in the trustworthiness of an Idea. Formal usage of the word "faith" is usually reserved for concepts of Religion, as in Reason involves the ability to think understand and draw Conclusions in an Abstract way as in Human thinking Rational knowledge does not fully satisfy humankind's innate desire to know God, since reason is primarily concerned with sensible objects, and thus can only infer its conclusions about God indirectly. Summa Theologiae
The theological virtue of faith, too, is incomplete, since Aquinas thinks that it always implies some imperfection in the understanding. The believer does not wish to remain merely on the level of faith, but to understand what is believed. Summa Contra Gentiles
Thus only the fullness of the Beatific Vision satisfies this fundamental desire of the human soul to know God. Quoting St Paul, Aquinas notes "We see now in a glass darkly, but then face to face" (i Cor. Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and 13:12). The Beatific Vision is the final reward for those saints elect by God to partake in and "enjoy the same happiness wherewith God is happy, seeing Him in the way which He sees Himself" in the next life. Summa Contra Gentiles
Pope John XXII (1316 - 1334) caused a controversy involving the Beatific Vision. Pope John (numbering Pope John XXII (1249 &ndash December 4, 1334) born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse) was Pope from 1316 to 1334 He said, not as Pope but as a private theologian, that the saved do not attain the Beatific Vision until Judgment Day. In Roman Catholic Theology, the beatific vision is the eternal and direct perception of God enjoyed by those who are in Heaven, imparting supreme The general understanding at the time was that the saved attained Heaven after being purified and before Judgment Day. He never proclaimed his belief as doctrine (see ex cathedra). Papal infallibility is the Dogma in Catholic theology that by action of the Holy Spirit, the Pope is preserved from even the possibility of The Sacred College of Cardinals held a consistory on the problem in January 1334, and Pope John backed away from his novel views to the more standard understanding. Antiquity Originally the Latin word consistorium meant simply 'sitting together' just as the Greek syn(hedrion (of which the Biblical Sanhedrin His successor, Pope Benedict XII, declared it doctrine that the saved attain Heaven before Judgment Day. Pope Benedict XII (died April 25, 1342) born Jacques Fournier, was Pope from 1334 to 1342
Movie
A movie also called Beatific Vision (2008 film) was produced by Sountru in 2008. Sountru is a famous movie producer in the LGBT community. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. LGBT (also GLBT) is an initialism referring collectively to Lesbian, Gay, bisexual, and Transgender / transsexual [1]
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