Posted on 08/14/2013 7:46:47 AM PDT by Salvation
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CHARISMS OF ADMINISTRATION
Supernatural gifts for organizing and ruling the people of God, enumerated by St. Paul: 1. pastor (Ephesians 4:11; Acts 20:28), formerly the special grace of office enjoyed by the presbyter-bishops to rule the Church of God, not to be confused with the priestly power conferred only by sacred orders; 2. administrator (Romans 12:8; I Thessalo-nians 5:12; I Timothy 5:17), the special charism of an official in the Church was the gift of solicitude, which maintained a wise balance between diligence for the organizational work to be done and concern for the individual person whom the administrator was to direct; 3. minister (I Corinthians 16:15; Romans 12:7), one who helped the presbyter-priests and assisted Church administrators, and who had the need of humility and willingness to work.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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I keep running into that word "charisms" and have never been sure if my understanding is correct, or even "close enough", to what is being intended by its use.
That reminds me, I'm supposed to read Acts 2 in total. In my reading so far (8/1988), Acts 2:17 is frequently mentioned, as is that a second Pentacost is coming, which seems to have happened in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Pentacost => Pentecost
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