RE- Part 1

What is a vision?

• A scientific phenomenon

• A type of dream with no significant meaning

• A supernatural appearance conveying a revelation

• A historical event

What does 'corporeal' vision involve?

• Feeling a presence without seeing anything

• Tasting something divine

• Seeing an object with religious significance clearly

• Hearing voices without a source

Who claimed to see visions of saints with her 'bodily eyes'?

• Joan of Arc

• St Teresa of Avila

• St Bernadette

• Pharaoh

What type of vision occurs most frequently in dreams?

• Imaginative

• Corporeal

• Intellectual

• Numinous

What did Joseph interpret Pharaoh's dream to mean?

• An abundance of crops

• The birth of a divine figure

• A famine in 7 years time

• A great war was coming

What is unique about intellectual visions?

• They involve seeing a clear image

• They are accompanied by a loud voice

• They occur only in sleep

• They provide an awareness of the true nature of the world

What does 'numinous' experience refer to?

• A dream with no significant meaning

• A physical manifestation of a deity

• A logical understanding of divine presence

• Experiences of awe and wonder from a supernatural being

What did Moses encounter in the story of the Burning Bush?

• A quiet whisper guiding him

• An overwhelming experience with the Holy through a burning bush

• A vision of the future

• A message written in the stars

Who argued that all religious experiences are numinous?

• Friedrich Schleiermacher

• Rudolph Otto

• Joan of Arc

• St Teresa of Avila

According to Friedrich Schleiermacher, what are religious experiences primarily?

• Physical sensations

• Auditory messages

• Visual phenomena

• Emotional and consciousness of the divine