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vision of God

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | 295 words | Copyright

vision of God Described as the supreme goal of the Christian life, based on one of the beatitudes, ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God’ (Matt. 5: 8). It is attainable only by being detached from self-centred desires of the senses and by being on fire with love.

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