Visions Flashcards
What is a vision?
A perception of something
What type of content do visions contain?
Noetic Content
What is noetic content?
Something which brings Godly information to someone
What are the five types of visions?
Individual Group Corporeal Imaginative Intellectual
What was the revelation at the Burning Bush?
The revelation of YHWH
What is the famous line from the Burning Bush?
‘I am who I am’
What is a corporeal vision?
Seeing an apparently real body/physical presence, when others can’t see it
What does Caroline Franks Davis say about visions?
They are ‘quasi-sensory’
What does ‘quasi-sensory’ mean?
They are an aspect of revelation, numinous and interpretative
What is an imaginative vision?
Seeing images which communicate truths through pictures/words etc.
What’s an example of a corporeal vision?
Bernadette
Why is Bernadette’s vision a corporeal vision?
She saw a vision of Mary but not the friends who were with her
Give an example of an imaginative vision?
Peter’s vision
What is an intellectual vision?
Coming to understand divine truths
What happened to Julian of Norwich?
Shown an image of a hazelnut in a vision, as if this was all that there was. That is how God see us.
