Augustine's Three types of visions

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Who categorized vision experiences?
St Augustine of Hippo
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True or False? Corporeal visions are empirical (expeirenced through at least one of the five senses)
True
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Joan of Arc is a well known example of someone who had a corporeal vision - what did she say she saw the three saints with?
Her 'bodily eyes'
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Can a person control what happens in a corporeal vision and interact with whatever is present?
Yes
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Name another person like Joan of Arc who had a corporeal vision and what happened?
Bernadatte saw the Virgin Mary and heard her voice
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What vision occurs mostly in dreams?
Imaginative
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Can a person control or interact in a imaginative vision?
no, they have no control over what happens
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What does 'in the mind's eye' mean in connection to imaginative visions?
the person 'sees' the supernatural image in the imagination, inside their mind
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True or False? Imaginative visions are empirical
False
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True or False? Imaginative visions strengthen faith
True
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Name a person who had an imaginative vision
Joseph, partner of Mary
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Are intellectual visions empirical? Is the mind's eye used?
No, no image is given
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To which religious vision can ineffible be applied?
Intellectual
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True or False? People feel intellectual visions represent the highest level of unity with God
True
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What is spiritual illumination in an intellectual vision?
the person understands things without being taught them
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What are intellectual visions also known as? Why might this be?
Mystical visions because the person feels they are in God's presence and are one with him. They have feelings of love or fear after the experience
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What did Teresa of Avila report in her intellectual vision?
She didn't see Christ but 'felt' him
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