(C)
Can we see God in this life?
No, we cannot see God in this life, the obstacle being our mortal body (XII. 11).
Can we see God in heaven?
We can see God in heaven with the eyes of the glorified soul (XII. 1-10).
How can we know God in this life?
We can know God in this life by reason and by faith (XII. 12, 13).
What is meant by knowing God in this life by our reason?
It is to know God through the creatures He has made (XII. 12).
What is it to know Him in this life by faith?
It is to know God by what He has told us Himself about Himself (XII. 13).
Of these two kinds of knowledge that we can have of God which is the more perfect?
Without doubt, the more perfect is the knowledge we have of Him by faith. For by it we see God in a light wherein the eye of reason fails; moreover, even though there are shadows and sometimes an impenetrable darkness for us here below, nevertheless the light of faith is none other than the dawn of heaven's vision which is to be our happiness through all eternity (XII. 13).
Next - II. OF GOD'S NATURE AND ATTRIBUTES (D)
Pegues OP, R P Thomas. Catechism of the "Summa Theologica" of Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Use of the Faithful (pp. 25-26). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.
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