Just for the record -- not a "flame" or anything like that! --
I don't recall that any of the Jesus traditions, in the Christian
scriptures or out, depict Jesus as telling anyone to record miracle
stories or the like. The author of the gospel of John does speak about
recording things Jesus did, in order to inspire belief. As for things
remembered in connection with the "heart," what springs to mind is the
depiction of Mary (BVM) in Luke's gospel, who wondered at the events
surrounding Jesus' birth, "and kept all these things in her heart."
But I didn't do a search of the relevant texts, so maybe my memory is
failing here!
Bob
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> Dear Hannah,
>
> What an interesting topic/research.
> Wm Blake addresses this, I think, in his poem where the _child_ tells him to
> write his songs for all to read
> "So i took a rural pen, ....."
>
> Also in the Bible there are many instances where people are told by Jesus to
> record these things as witness to his miracles
>
> "write these things in your heart" - cant remember where i read this.
>
> Margery Kempe says that after so many years, although she puts off doing so
> for so long, God commands her to write her her visions.
>
> I believe that women in the Middle Ages used that premise _ I didn't want to
> write it but God told me to do it_ to get by the patristic fathers denial of
> their validity. After all , if the authority for a woman to write comes from
> God, even the man cant dispute it.
>
> I am very interested in your findings...
>
>
> regards
> Carol
>
>
> Carol Anne Goltz Fountain
> University of Western Ontario
> London Ontario
> CANADA
>
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