From Cardinal Dulles’ remarks regarding Maritain’s “Reverie,” which were reminiscent of Cardinal Newman’s evaluation of Mivart’s conjectures, we might infer that one could remain faithful to the Church’s eschatological doctrine — that it is necessarily possible that not all spiritual creatures will attain a supratheophanic vision — even while otherwise boldly speculating regarding what those creatures might otherwise experience – not just subjectively & psychologically vis a vis metrics of pain &/or felicity, but – objectively per alternative modes of divine union & mercy, each which gifts its own sort of rest & psychological satisfaction.
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From Cardinal Dulles’ remarks regarding Maritain’s “Reverie,” which were reminiscent of Cardinal Newman’s evaluation of Mivart’s conjectures, we might infer that one could remain faithful to the Church’s eschatological doctrine — that it is necessarily possible that not all spiritual creatures will attain a supratheophanic vision — even while otherwise boldly speculating regarding what those creatures might otherwise experience – not just subjectively & psychologically vis a vis metrics of pain &/or felicity, but – objectively per alternative modes of divine union & mercy, each which gifts its own sort of rest & psychological satisfaction.