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    The beatific vision for the saved requires a settled, permanent metaphysical order, which C.S. Lewis's 'The Great Divorce' illustrates as incompatible with ongoing cosmic revision.

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    C.S. Lewis(as a philosopher cited on divine intervention)
    A 20th-century British writer and Christian apologist (someone who defends religious beliefs through reasoning) known for works like 'The Chronicles of Narnia' and philosophical books arguing for Christian theology.
    Cosmic revision(as used in metaphysics and theology)
    The ongoing possibility of changing or reshaping the nature of reality, existence, or the universe itself over time.
    Metaphysical order(describing different types of existence for Adam's body)
    A category or level of existence in terms of what is fundamentally real; used to distinguish different kinds of being (like whether something is physical, spiritual, or something else entirely).
    The Great Divorce(The philosophical argument being discussed comes from this book)
    A novella by C.S. Lewis that uses an imaginary journey between Hell and Heaven to explore spiritual choices and what separates people from God.

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    The saved(as used in theology)
    In Christian belief, people whose souls have been redeemed or rescued from sin, typically through faith, and who are destined for heaven.
    beatific vision(Scholastic theology and epistemology)
    Post-mortem direct cognitive union with the divine object, in which the object is present in the intellect without any mediating species

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