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Guy G. Stroumsa

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To See or not to See: On the Early History of the Visio Beatifica

October 25, 2010 Guy G. Stroumsa

To See or not to See: On the Early History of the Visio Beatifica "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." (Mat.5:8).The sixth Beatitude of the Sermon on the Mount set the agenda for two millennia of Christian mysticism 1 .In Christian territory, the vision of God is possible, but only under certain conditions, having to do both with purity and interiority.The Beatitude also...