Eschatology

They will reign forever and ever:

• illuminated by God (Revelation 22:3-5);

• immortal and physically incorruptible (Revelation 21:4);

• with an irreproachable conscience (1 Peter 3:21).

The Magisterium of the Church speaks of heaven in many ways:

• as eternal life (Denzinger, 640);

• as the eternal fatherland (Denzinger 457);

• as heaven (Denzinger 464);

• as the kingdom of heaven and celestial paradise
(Denzinger 530);

• as the vision and fruition of God (Denzinger 530);

• as true beatitude (Denzinger 530);

• as eternal rest (Denzinger 530);

• as eternal beatitude (Denzinger 570);

• as the vision of God one and three (Denzinger 693);

• as glory (Denzinger 842);

• as eternal retribution (Denzinger 836);

• as the supernatural end (Denzinger 1669, 1786).