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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when sleep falleth upon men, and they sleep on their bed. What is meant by the word of God being made known to us in a dream, except that we do not learn the secret things of God, if we are kept awake by worldly desires? For in a dream the outward senses are at rest, and inward objects are discerned. If we wish then to contemplate things within, let us rest from outward engagements. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then he shows another way by which God speaks to man, which is the imaginary vision in the apparitions of dreams, and so he says, "in a dream, in the visions of the night." This can be referred to prophetic revelation, according to Numbers, "If anyone will be a prophet of the Lord among you, I will speak to him either in dream or in vision," (12:6) or this can be referred to ordinary dreams which Eliud believed come from God. He explains then the manner and the order of the dreams. …
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