Book contents
- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Analytical Table of Contents
- Ante Studium (Before Study)
- Epigraph
- Commentator’s Introduction
- Question 1 The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine
- Question 2 The Existence of God
- Question 3 Of the Simplicity of God
- Question 4 The Perfection of God
- Question 6 The Goodness of God
- Question 49 The Cause of Evil
- Question 7 The Infinity of God
- Question 8 The Existence of God in Things
- Question 9 The Immutability of God
- Question 10 The Eternity of God
- Question 11 The Unity of God
- Question 12 How God Is Known by Us
- Question 13 The “Names” or Qualities Predicated of God
- Question 14 Of God’s Knowledge
- Question 16 Of Truth
- Question 18 The Life of God
- Question 19 The Will of God
- Question 20 God’s Love
- Question 21 The Justice and Mercy of God
- Question 22 The Providence of God
- Question 25 The Power of God
- Question 26 Of the Divine Beatitude
- Commentator’s Conclusion: Preamble to What?
- Index of Scriptural References
- General Index
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
Book contents
- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Analytical Table of Contents
- Ante Studium (Before Study)
- Epigraph
- Commentator’s Introduction
- Question 1 The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine
- Question 2 The Existence of God
- Question 3 Of the Simplicity of God
- Question 4 The Perfection of God
- Question 6 The Goodness of God
- Question 49 The Cause of Evil
- Question 7 The Infinity of God
- Question 8 The Existence of God in Things
- Question 9 The Immutability of God
- Question 10 The Eternity of God
- Question 11 The Unity of God
- Question 12 How God Is Known by Us
- Question 13 The “Names” or Qualities Predicated of God
- Question 14 Of God’s Knowledge
- Question 16 Of Truth
- Question 18 The Life of God
- Question 19 The Will of God
- Question 20 God’s Love
- Question 21 The Justice and Mercy of God
- Question 22 The Providence of God
- Question 25 The Power of God
- Question 26 Of the Divine Beatitude
- Commentator’s Conclusion: Preamble to What?
- Index of Scriptural References
- General Index
Summary
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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- Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God , pp. 393 - 408Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024