In
Christian theology, the
beatific vision is the ultimate direct self communication of
God to the individual
person. A person possessing the beatific vision reaches, as a member of redeemed humanity in the
communion of saints, perfect
salvation in its entirety, i.e.
heaven. The notion of vision stresses the intellectual component of salvation, though it encompasses the whole of human experience of joy, happiness coming from seeing God finally
face to face and not imperfectly through
faith. (
1 Cor 13:11–12).