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Bound for Beatitude A Thomistic Study in Eschatology and Ethics : A Thomistic Study in Eschatology and Ethics /
Bound for Beatitude is about St. Thomas Aquinas's theology of beatitude and the journey thereto. Consequently, the work's topic is the meaning and purpose of human life embedded in that of the whole cosmos. This study is not an antiquarian exercise in the thought of some sundry medieval th...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
The Catholic University of America Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Prologue: Beatitude-The Perfection of Being Human; 1. Ordained for Beatitude-The Finality of the Created Intellect: Sacred Theology, Metaphysics, and the Natural Desire for the Vision of God; 2. Equipped for Beatitude-To Be Good Is to Do the Truth: Eternal Law, Natural Law, Prudence, and Conscience; 3. Liberated for Beatitude-Saved from Sin: Christ's Passion on the Cross, the Surpassing Act of Charity; 4. The Beginning of Beatitude-The Substance of Things Hoped For: The Virtue of Faith
- 5. The Road to Beatitude-Divinization and Friendship with God: The Virtue of Charity6. The Preparation for Beatitude-Justice toward God: The Virtue of Religion; 7. Perseverance on the Journey toBeatitude-Reclaiming Martyrdom: The Virtue of Courage; 8. Protecting the Journey to Beatitude-Achieving Selfless Self-Control: The Virtue of Chastity; 9. The Exemplar of Beatitude-Hope for the Wayfarer: The Blessed Virgin Mary's Bodily Assumption into Heaven; Epilogue: God-Man's Beatitude; Selected Bibliography; Index of Names; General Index; Other Books in the Series