| 11. | It is described variously as the Beatific Vision, enlightenment, nirvana, satori, Kensho, Bodhi, awareness, true knowledge, etc.
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| 12. | The transcendent state, the beatific vision, is not available to those incapable of making a leap of faith.
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| 13. | The essential joy of heaven is called the beatific vision, which is derived from the vision of God's essence.
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| 14. | Thus only the fullness of the Beatific Vision satisfies this fundamental desire of the human soul to know God.
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| 15. | On losing sight of that beatific vision which destroys all sorrow, "'I suddenly rose from the ground " '.
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| 16. | Only through Saint Bernard s prayer to Virgin Mary is Dante granted the beatific vision of the Holy Trinity.
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| 17. | According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision; it is impossible therefore for any list to enumerate them all.
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| 18. | The Commission concluded that there is hope that children who die unbaptized are able to receive salvation and enjoy the beatific vision.
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| 19. | The other alternative, " expectant " ( ), emphasizes that the souls of Purgatory are awaiting expectantly the beatific vision of heaven.
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| 20. | But above nature is the order of grace and our supernatural happiness will consist in the direct intuition of God, the beatific vision.
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