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To Gaze upon God
The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice|
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| Verlag: | IVP Academic |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 03.09.2024 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781514007679 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 240 |
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Beschreibungen
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 vision. With lucidity and breadth, Parkison reintroduces the beatific vision and affirms its centrality for the life of the church today. Parkison argues for the beatific vision's biblical foundations and reminds us—through close readings of theologians such as Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Gregory Palamas, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards—of the doctrine's historical and contemporary significance. The beatific vision is about seeing God, and as Christians have acknowledged across the tradition, seeing God is our ultimate end.
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 vision. With lucidity and breadth, Parkison reintroduces the beatific vision and affirms its centrality for the life of the church today. Parkison argues for the beatific vision's biblical foundations and reminds us—through close readings of theologians such as Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Gregory Palamas, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards—of the doctrine's historical and contemporary significance. The beatific vision is about seeing God, and as Christians have acknowledged across the tradition, seeing God is our ultimate end.
<p>Acknowledgments<br />
1. What Is the Beatific Vision?<br />
2. Biblical Foundations for the Beatific Vision<br />
3. A Cloud of Witnesses, Part One: Pre-Reformation Historical Witness<br />
4. A Cloud of Witnesses, Part Two: Reformation and Post-Reformation Historical Witness<br />
5. Retrieval for Reformed Evangelicals<br />
6. The Beatific Vision and the Christian Life<br />
Postscript: The Beatific Vision and Global Christianity<br />
Bibliography<br />
General Index<br />
Scripture Index</p>
1. What Is the Beatific Vision?<br />
2. Biblical Foundations for the Beatific Vision<br />
3. A Cloud of Witnesses, Part One: Pre-Reformation Historical Witness<br />
4. A Cloud of Witnesses, Part Two: Reformation and Post-Reformation Historical Witness<br />
5. Retrieval for Reformed Evangelicals<br />
6. The Beatific Vision and the Christian Life<br />
Postscript: The Beatific Vision and Global Christianity<br />
Bibliography<br />
General Index<br />
Scripture Index</p>
Samuel G. Parkison (PhD Midwestern Seminary) is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of several books, including Proclaiming the Triune God: The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Life of the Church (co-author), as well as Thinking Christianly: Bringing Sundry Thoughts Captive to Christ, and Irresistible Beauty: Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus Christ.
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