Origen defends the Church’s confession that the world had a beginning and will have an end, for creation itself was “subjected in hope” and awaits renewal (Romans 8:20–21). Augustine insists that truth belongs to all and must be held in charity, not arrogance. Aquinas concludes his first section on happiness by showing that bodily and external goods, though blessings, cannot be man’s final goal. Even virtues point beyond themselves. Only the vision of God satisfies the heart (Revelation 22:4).
Origen, De Principiis, Book 1, Chapter 5
Augustine, Confessions, Book 12, Chapter 24 (second section)
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Q.3, Articles 7–8
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