To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice Sanctification and fruitful understanding of the

and fruitful understanding of the atonement and its significance for the Christian faith today

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but it is compassion for a world that is lost and dying without the gospel

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On campus he finds the challenges to his faith -- both intellectual and personal -- almost more than he can bear

To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice Sanctification and fruitful understanding of theToday, the doctrine of the beatific vision has been woefully forgotten within the church and its theology. Yet, throughout history Christians have always held that the blessed hope of heaven lies in seeing and being in the presence of God, of beholding the beatific vision. With lucidity and breadth, Parkison reintroduces the beatific vision and affirms its centrality for the life of the church today. Parkison argues for the beatific vision's biblical