Open Access’Blessed are the Dead Which Die in the Lord’: Andrew Fuller on the Beatific Vision
Author(s) -
Michael A. G. Haykin,
E. D. Burns
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
perichoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2284-7308
pISSN - 1224-984X
DOI - 10.2478/perc-2019-0016
Subject(s) - sermon , heaven , rest (music) , theology , philosophy , reflection (computer programming) , art , art history , computer science , medicine , cardiology , programming language
This essay examines the funeral sermon given by the Baptist theologian Andrew Fuller (1754–1815) for his friend and deacon Beeby Wallis in 1792 as a vantage-point from which to pursue reflection on Fuller’s concept of heaven and the beatific vision. The sermon has two main themes: the rest and rewards of those who die in Christ. The essay examines how Fuller interprets both of these phrases and then, looking at the rest of Fuller’s corpus, notes that ultimately God himself is the believer’s reward.