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Did the Saviour See the Father? - Christ, Salvation, and the Vision of God (Hardcover)
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Did the Saviour See the Father? - Christ, Salvation, and the Vision of God (Hardcover)
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Did Jesus enjoy the beatific vision of God on earth that Christians
hope to enjoy only in heaven? This important question is related to
a whole series of questions about Jesus, his knowledge and
self-consciousness. Did he know he was God's Son? What did he know
of his saving mission? These issues are linked to a fundamental
question: Is the Saviour we need one who is altogether like us or
one who is in some ways unlike us? This book argues that God gave
us a Saviour with beatific knowledge, and who in this respect is
very unlike us indeed. The answer commonly given by Catholic
theologians to this question underwent a dramatic shift in the
middle of the 20th century. Previously there had been a general
unanimity based on the teaching of Thomas Aquinas that the answer
was 'Yes': the earthly Christ did indeed possess heavenly
knowledge. The theological situation was then radically altered to
one where the answer 'No' became predominant. Theologians preferred
to treat Christ's knowledge in terms of self-consciousness,
ordinary human knowing, faith, prophecy and mysticism, not the
beatific vision. This book addresses the reasons why theologians
abandoned Aquinas's thesis, arguing it has been too easily
dismissed. Considering the evidence of Scripture and Tradition, and
then moving from Christ's extraordinary knowledge through his
ordinary knowledge, to his will, emotions and bodily life, the book
sketches an outline of the extraordinary Saviour God has in fact
given us and who is indeed the Saviour humanity truly needs.
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