<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>What may seem astonishing is the near dismissal of the beatific vision doctrine in the last 50+ years of biblical and theological scholarship in contrast to the emphasis given to it throughout church history. The state of theological scholarship is changing. In what follows, we set forth a short survey of a theology of the beatific vision, while also introducing the rest of the volume on the beatific vision and <italic>theosis</italic>, of which we take to have an intimate and overlapping relationship. The editorial article has four parts: it begins by (1) introducing some of the relevant biblical material on the vision, proceeding to (2) develop a theological interpretation of those passages, and then (3) offer a short historical survey of the doctrine, focusing on the relevant medieval and Reformed developments. It finally (4) introduces the articles of the issue.</p></abstract>

What may seem astonishing is the near dismissal of the beatific vision doctrine in the last 50+ years of biblical and theological scholarship in contrast to the emphasis given to it throughout church history. The state of theological scholarship is changing. In what follows, we set forth a short survey of a theology of the beatific vision, while also introducing the rest of the volume on the beatific vision and theosis, of which we take to have an intimate and overlapping relationship. The editorial article has four parts: it begins by (1) introducing some of the relevant biblical material on the vision, proceeding to (2) develop a theological interpretation of those passages, and then (3) offer a short historical survey of the doctrine, focusing on the relevant medieval and Reformed developments. It finally (4) introduces the articles of the issue.

A Theology of Seeing, Experiencing, and Vision. An Editorial Introduction

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What may seem astonishing is the near dismissal of the beatific vision doctrine in the last 50+ years of biblical and theological scholarship in contrast to...

A Theology of Seeing, Experiencing, and Vision. An Editorial Introduction

Published Online: Jun 26, 2019

Page range: 3 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2019-0013

Keywords
Beatific vision, deification, divinization, Reformed, biblical theology, evangelical

© 2019 Ryan A. Brandt et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A Theology of Seeing, Experiencing, and Vision. An Editorial Introduction

Published Online: Jun 26, 2019

Page range: 3 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2019-0013

KeywordsBeatific vision, deification, divinization, Reformed, biblical theology, evangelical

© 2019 Ryan A. Brandt et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Beatific vision, deification, divinization, Reformed, biblical theology, evangelical