 in christian theology, the beatific vision () is the ultimate direct self communication of god to the individual person. a person possessing the beatific vision reaches, as a member of redeemed humanity in the communion of saints, perfect salvation in its entirety, i.e. heaven. the notion of vision stresses the intellectual component of salvation, though it encompasses the whole of human experience of joy, happiness coming from seeing god finally face to face and not imperfectly through faith. (1 cor 13:11â12).cf. catechism of the catholic church, 2548-250cf.  it is related to the catholic and eastern orthodox belief in theosis,"what is theosis? both the latin church and the eastern catholic churches feature this idea as a central point in their theology" (101 edward faulk, questions and answers on eastern catholic churches (paulist press 2007 isbn 978-0-8091-4441-9), p. 63"eastern and roman catholic churches typically describe salvation as theosis or deification or divinization" (tyron inbody, the faith of the christian church: an introduction to theology (eerdmans 2005 isbn 0-8028-4151-1), p. 229). and is seen in most&nbsp;â if not all&nbsp;â church denominations as the reward for christians in the afterlife. ==christianity== while humans' understanding of god while alive is indirect (mediation/prayer, not actually looking at him), the beatific vision is direct (immediate, visual) or literal seeing god. in other words, the beatific vision means a soul is actually looking at god, as is, viewing him without any sort of censorship like that depicted by the prophet isaiah.bible, niv version: isaiah 6:2&nbsp;â above him were seraphs, each with six wings: with two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two
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