-—the angels with the most direct, face to face contact with God could reject God, since that is exactly what Satan did.——
Except the Church teaches that the angels did not possess the Beatific Vision when they rejected God, right?
You’re free to interpret Scripture as you see fit, under your belief system. Catholics must reconcile Scripture with authoritative Church teaching. I’m doing my best, given the information provided.
“Except the Church teaches that the angels did not possess the Beatific Vision when they rejected God, right?”
Apparently, that’s what they are saying.
“Catholics must reconcile Scripture with authoritative Church teaching. I’m doing my best, given the information provided.”
Alright, fair enough. I just can’t see how it can be reconciled. It seems to me the theology, which is supposed to interpret the Scriptures, has been built up to a point where it has lost sight of the plain things that Scripture says. Maybe I’m not seeing some angle that could bring them into harmony, but that’s my impression.