In the psalms, you occasionally see the act of speaking to one’s soul, or asking or persuading the soul. Augustine makes use of inner dialogue in his soliloquies:
https://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/9 ... xcerpt.pdf
https://revistia.org/files/articles/ejl ... /Halil.pdf
Some points of interest:
1. How did early Christians perceive “talking to oneself”? Was prayer intended to mostly replace it, ie orienting all self-talk to speech to/about God?
2. Do we have any cases in early Christian writing of a person advising or admonishing himself in inner speech?
3. Tertullian says that the Montanists had a practice of speaking as God, from their own speech. Is there anything else like this in different sects?
4. Do we have anything which indicates an “imagined hearing” of God’s voice as a normal or cultivated experience (rather than a unique, saintly experience that is irregular)?
(An aside: this forum rules.)
https://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/9 ... xcerpt.pdf
https://revistia.org/files/articles/ejl ... /Halil.pdf
Some points of interest:
1. How did early Christians perceive “talking to oneself”? Was prayer intended to mostly replace it, ie orienting all self-talk to speech to/about God?
2. Do we have any cases in early Christian writing of a person advising or admonishing himself in inner speech?
3. Tertullian says that the Montanists had a practice of speaking as God, from their own speech. Is there anything else like this in different sects?
4. Do we have anything which indicates an “imagined hearing” of God’s voice as a normal or cultivated experience (rather than a unique, saintly experience that is irregular)?
(An aside: this forum rules.)
Statistics: Posted by allegoria — Fri May 10, 2024 4:03 am