The Differences Between Dominican and Skoda on the Beatific Vision

There's a kind of Franciscan theme that is not perfectly at home with Thomas, says John Hare. There was this debate in the late 13th century about whether the beatific vision was primarily an act of the intellect or an act of will. And Skoda gives the answer that the beatified vision is primarily an act Of love. It's accompanied by a cognitive understanding of God that God himself gives to us.