Sentences with phrase «as beatific»

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In fact he has given us the highest destiny of all, to become utterly like him and to see him as he really is in what we call «The Beatific Vision».

Faith does not diminish the necessity for the analogia entis, but neither does the beatific vision, which, even though it is the endpoint «intrinsic to the spiritual life,» still functions as «a defining end as far beyond every proportion as God in Himself is beyond the creation.»

In this context the book elaborates that suffering is not to be feared but rather embraced as «a sure pledge of His tenderness... This guarantee, this real testimony of the Beatific Vision, which made the souls of the saints sigh with joy, is not the brilliant successes of this world, or temporal glory or happiness, but trialsand suffering» (p. 294).

Through the hypostatic union of God the Word with the human nature, men are given the highest possible destiny - beatific transformation as co-sharers of the infinite Godhead.

His human soul, as it was hypostatically united to the Eternal Word, enjoyed the Beatific Vision.

Perhaps the truth lies elsewhere, as Vatican II seems to indicate: «man is the only creature on earth that God has wanted for its own sake,» (GS 24) since we alone have spiritual souls and are called by God to the supernatural end which is the beatific vision.

He does not invite us into communion with himself, nor is there any possibility of seeing him as he really is in the Beatific Vision.

As the human nature of Christ is the perfect image, in the Son of Man, of our own identity and holiness, our wholeness in body and soul through God, so in the order of the spiritual soul, the Divine Being itself, as pure and perfect spirit, is the mirror image of our spiritual perfection, now and unto the beatific visioAs the human nature of Christ is the perfect image, in the Son of Man, of our own identity and holiness, our wholeness in body and soul through God, so in the order of the spiritual soul, the Divine Being itself, as pure and perfect spirit, is the mirror image of our spiritual perfection, now and unto the beatific visioas pure and perfect spirit, is the mirror image of our spiritual perfection, now and unto the beatific vision.

According to Catholic teaching, as defined at the Councils of Lyons (1274) and Florence (1439), those who die in the grace of God expiate their unforgiven venial or pardonable sins by undergoing due punishment before being admitted to the beatific vision.

Your beatific calm can only be seen as menacing when it comes to my personal rights to live my life beautifully as I see fit.

There is the sheer giving and ecstatic happiness in being possessed by everlasting love, and concomitantly with this and fusing with it is the joy of possessing God as He is by means of the beatific vision.36

That granted, the traditional scheme was right in speaking of «heaven» as it did, with the «beatific vision» and the bliss or happiness which is granted through that vision.

In John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, as the heroes Christian and Hopeful approach the celestial city they fall sick with desire; but ultimately this sickness heals them and makes them strong enough to bear the delights of the beatific vision.

Comrades in rapture, Monica and Augustine have experienced something like a foretaste of the beatific vision as enjoyed in the communion of saints.

Risen does give us a Jesus in Cliff Curtis, but he remains a beatific cypher, and the takeaway is that, in the same distancing manner as those black - themed pictures told through the eyes of white protagonists, here's a Biblical yarn related not through Christ Himself but an individual late to the party.

No matter, as Wolvie breaks into Stryker's lab after discovering that Stryker is actually an anti-mutie bigot and frees a bunch of little mutant kids promptly adopted by a beatific Professor X (Patrick Stewart), providing a segue into Bryan Singer's X-Men though not explaining why no one at Professor X's school in that film seems to recognize their savior from this one.

Also as in that film, she shoots those characters early on at a beatific backyard barbecue, pushing in for idyllic close - ups of wholesome sights like ribs being basted and kids on rope swings to establish a family in the context of its community — a lively congregation led by the friendly, funny, and wise Pastor Scott (John Carroll Lynch).

He then assigned himself tasks like detailing our Four Seasons test cars as if it was his life's work, filling birdfeeders, updating issue indices, and assisting on photo shoots, all with humility, grace, and a beatific smile not often seen at the minimum - wage level.

As the turbo huffs, the engine pumps hard, steering wheel cranked over, I guide the Ford Focus RS through a smooth, tight corner for the first time, the foothills of Valencia a beatific backdrop.

So stop frivoling around and place the order right now to enjoy your college life excursioning your beautiful country, as apparently there is no place more beatific, adventuresome and alluring than this nation full of gems, New Zealand.

The scenery is beatific as you enjoy crisp mornings on the porch of your Santa Ynez vacation rental home, and choose a vacation rental home that has a big fireplace so you can cozy up with a loved one in front of the hearth and enjoy a glass or two of local wine.

Outside of a beatific facelift that adds homey background detail (including Toads in swan boats and several hot air balloons), the course features the same core set pieces as before, primarily the massive jump by Peach's Castle.

There is a poignancy to the work, an underlying sense of melancholy despite the beatific intensity of its exuberant colours, for this young man can be seen as a veritable Dorian Gray, his youthful visage frozen forever by the artists lens - a reminder of the inevitable march of time.

No beatific Madonnas these — Tanning's concise sketches show motherhood as a confrontation between bewildered, helpless adult and tiny, alien despot.

Firms have come to accept these unions as inevitable — the only caveat to the firm's acceptance being the expectation of complete professionalism from the beatific couple.