Will the elect immediately enter heaven after their sentence has been pronounced?
Yes.
Will the happiness of the elect be increased by the fact that their bodies are now united to their souls?
Yes, they will have an increase of accidental happiness, their essential happiness consisting in the vision of God (XCIII. 1).
Will there be distinct places for the elect in heaven?
Yes, for the degree of charity or of grace will determine the degree of glory (XCIII. 2, 3).
In this assembly of the elect will men have something that the angels will not have?
Yes, for men will form the Church triumphant, but the angels will not have the same relation to Jesus Christ, who is the King of the Church triumphant (XCV. 1, 2, 4).
In what will this difference consist?
In this, that the elect belonging to the human race resemble Jesus Christ, who has the same human nature; but this will never be so with the angels. The elect therefore will have certain intimate relations with Jesus Christ which the angels have not.
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