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Beatific Vision
In heaven, the blessed at last see God face to face
In eschatology, the beatific vision is the blessed seeing God face to face as the consummation of eternal life, evoked by Paul's 'face to face' and John's 'we shall see him as he is,' and developed by Aquinas. The traditions differ: Western theology speaks of seeing the divine essence, while the Eastern tradition speaks of seeing God's uncreated light and glory rather than his essence.
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