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Question 26 - Of the Divine Beatitude

Article 3: Whether God Is the Beatitude of Each of the Blessed?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2024

J. Budziszewski
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University of Texas, Austin
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Beatitude is supreme happiness. The query before us is not whether God will give the blessed supreme happiness, but whether He is their supreme happiness. To put it another way, it is not whether He will give them beatitude as something different from Himself, but whether He will give it to them by giving them Himself. The answer, interestingly, depends on the sense in which the question is asked – for there are two ways of taking it, and they must be treated differently. With this Article we tremble at the threshold of the Gospel.

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Print publication year: 2024

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  • Of the Divine Beatitude
  • J. Budziszewski, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536288.023
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  • Of the Divine Beatitude
  • J. Budziszewski, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536288.023
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  • Of the Divine Beatitude
  • J. Budziszewski, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536288.023
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