Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX CONCLUSIONS THE BEATIFIC VISION SUPERNATURAL THE CONSUMMATION OF ADOPTION AND OF THE SUPERNATURAL LIFE na7uhrtfuptr' DEGREESE have supposed in the preceding chapters the thrSeaTifi / supernatural character of the Beatific Vision, and by and Pnroved.d recalling to mind once more its nature and its gifts we can understand how, in very truth, the life of the blessed in heaven is the final perfection and crown of our supernatural adoption It is the inheritance proper to the children of God, according to the words of St. Paul: And if sons, heirs also: heirs indeed of God, and joint heirs with Christ;x and it is therefore the consummation of their adoption; and adoption as sons of God, as we have seen in the first part of this work, is most certainly supernatural. Its supernatural character may also be inferred from the names and the gifts which are attributed in Sacred Scripture to the heavenly beatitude. By it the blessed are made fellowcitizens with the Saints and the domestics of God,1 sharers of the kingdom and throne of Christ, and His joint-heirs, partakers of His goods and of His beatitude, according to the words of our Lord: And if I shall go, and prepare a place for you: I 1 Rom. viii. 17; Gal. iv. 7. 2 Eph. ii. 19. will come again, and take you to Myself, that where I am you also may be;l and those other words: To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit zvith Me in My throne: as I also have overcome, and am set down with My Father in His throne? This place and position cannot be considered as due to created nature, or to a foreigner or servant. Wages are due to a servant, but the paternal goods, the goods proper to the children, and the intimate familiarity with the head of the house or family, are not bestowed..