The Life of the World to Come

The Life of the World to Come

by Anscar Vonier
The Life of the World to Come

The Life of the World to Come

by Anscar Vonier

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Overview

No happier phrase was ever coined than the last sentence of the Nicene Creed. ... The life of the world to come is above all and before all the true life of this world made eternal, immortal, carried to its highest potentialities. The difficulty lies in discernment between the true and illusory life, between the abnormal yearnings of a fallen nature and the steady aspirations of the sound spirit in man. -Dom Anscar Vonier

In The Life of the World to Come Abbot Vonier presents the Catholic understanding of eternal life as the greatest expectation of the Christian soul, and the completion of every perfection, both of spirit and body.

Along with a clear and beautiful exposition of the nature of life in heaven and the soul's union with God, Vonier answers many of the most pressing difficulties Christians find in coming to terms spiritually with the goodness of eternal life: How can we be content knowing that some souls are lost? Does the human personality disappear when it receives a new life? Can a changeless life really be joyful?

Consistently beautiful and illuminating, The Life of the World to Come is one of the great theological meditations on heaven written in our time.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780692259023
Publisher: Assumption Press
Publication date: 07/20/2014
Pages: 114
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

Dom Anscar Vonier, Abbot of Buckfast, was among England's greatest homilists and theologians in the early twentieth century. His many classic works include A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist, The Personality of Christ, and Christianus: The Form of the Catholic Person.
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