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Jordan Cooper: The Beatific Vision as participation in Divine Love (Credo Conference 2026)
If the beatific vision is the mind’s eye seeing the divine essence, then what does the beatific vision have to do with love? Could it be that the beatific vision is nothing less than a participation in the love of God? In this Credo conference message, Jordan Cooper explores what participation in the love of…
Read MoreJordan Cooper: The Beatific Vision as participation in Divine Love
If the beatific vision is the mind’s eye seeing the divine essence, then what does the beatific vision have to do with love? Could it be that the beatific vision is nothing less than a participation in the love of God? In this Credo conference message, Jordan Cooper explores what participation in the love of…
Read MoreSeminary should be sacramental: Bryan Hollon
Sitting in a classroom and going to chapel in the middle of the week is not seminary but a Bible study, says president Bryan Hollon. If we are theologically forming future priests, then seminary must cultivate a “participation” in Christ. Seminary, in other words, must be sacramental. Matthew Barrett shares how his entire experience teaching…
Read MoreTodd Billings: “Beholding and Being Beheld: Beatific Hope and Suffering” – Credo Conference 2026
Suffering, so it would seem, appears contrary to our ascent to God, as if a barrier to the Beatific Vision. However, in scripture God ordains suffering as the path by which we will reach full maturity and one day see God. In his Credo conference message, J. Todd Billings shares his own story, his fight…
Read MoreTodd Billings: “Beholding and Being Beheld: Beatific Hope and Suffering” – Credo Conference 2026
Suffering, so it would seem, appears contrary to our ascent to God, as if a barrier to the Beatific Vision. However, in scripture God ordains suffering as the path by which we will reach full maturity and one day see God. In his Credo conference message, J. Todd Billings shares his own story, his fight…
Read MoreMatthew Barrett: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God – Credo Conference
Jesus says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” In this Credo Conference message, Matthew Barrett builds up to Jesus’ words by first asking why God must be simple for the beatific vision to be the source of our happiness in God. He also explains why our natural powers are insufficient…
Read MoreMatthew Barrett: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God – Credo Conference
Jesus says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” In this Credo Conference message, Matthew Barrett builds up to Jesus’ words by first asking why God must be simple for the beatific vision to be the source of our happiness in God. He also explains why our natural powers are insufficient…
Read MoreGavin Ortlund: What is the Beatific Vision and Why Does it Matter? Credo Conference 2026
The apostle Paul said that the beatific vision is the Christian’s blessed hope, and the Great Tradition believed the Christian’s greatest happiness will be experienced when we one day see God. So why is it then that the beatific vision is rarely talked about in the life of the church today? The 2026 Credo Conference…
Read MoreGavin Ortlund: What is the Beatific Vision and Why Does it Matter? Credo Conference 2026
The apostle Paul said that the beatific vision is the Christian’s blessed hope, and the Great Tradition believed the Christian’s greatest happiness will be experienced when we one day see God. So why is it then that the beatific vision is rarely talked about in the life of the church today? The 2026 Credo Conference…
Read MoreRegister for Aquinas KC
Did you know we are launching a brand new conference in Kansas City! It’s one of a kind. Over the centuries Thomas Aquinas has been called a common doctor due in part to the profundity of his writings across many disciplines. Catholics are not alone in this assessment, as Protestants today are recognizing that Aquinas…
Read MoreWhat are divine ideas?
God has in his mind ideas of the things he makes. He is the grand architect. Did you know that some of these ideas in the mind of God can also be exemplar causes of the very things he chooses to make? A Thomist with a bow tie, Gregory Doolan, sits down with Matthew Barrett…
Read MoreWhat are divine ideas?
God has in his mind ideas of the things he makes. He is the grand architect. Did you know that some of these ideas in the mind of God can also be exemplar causes of the very things he chooses to make? A Thomist with a bow tie, Gregory Doolan, sits down with Matthew Barrett…
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