This direct knowledge is called the beatific vision (visio beatifica), most fully articulated by Thomas Aquinas. (faith.org.uk)
Now this is faith as visio, as a way of seeing the whole. (religion-online.org)
Transformed by God's Word combines the ancient Western practice of lectio divina (sacred reading) with the Eastern Orthodox tradition of visio divina (sacred seeing) by pairing reflections on twenty gospel readings with a series of beautiful, never - before published contemporary icons. (rachelheldevans.com)