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To: stpio
“What you described above is not on Paul’s list of gifts in 1 Corinthians 12:10. You want so BADLY to believe private
interpretation of Scripture. No way, it’s heresy.”

If that is so then please, explain what discernment of spirits is, what did Paul mean?

It's ever so easy to sit back and cry “Heresy!” when you have nothing to offer other than, “No way, it's heresy”.

“The term I am trying to think of is the divine gift given the Church, the RCC, to interpret Scripture.”

That word is “fantasy” like the flying house tradition.

477 posted on 05/26/2012 2:48:27 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: count-your-change

What you described above is not on Paul’s list of gifts in 1 Corinthians 12:10. You want so BADLY to believe private
interpretation of Scripture. No way, it’s heresy.

CYC:
“If that is so then please, explain what discernment of spirits is, what did Paul mean?”

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Hi, I didn’t forget you, you asked about the meaning
discernment of spirits. I don’t think it involves as you
said to metmom, the “ability of some individuals in the congregations to distinguish between true and false writings. (1 Cor, 12:10)”

In my own words, it is the gift to discern what is influencing you, the good or the bad.

“Discerning whether the good spirit (the influence of God, the Church, one’s soul) or the bad spirit (the influence of Satan, the world, the flesh) is at work requires calm, rational reflection. The good spirit brings us to peaceful, joyful decisions. The bad spirit often brings us to make quick, emotional, conflicted decisions.”

Ignatius of Loyola taught on the discernment of spirits.
St. Ignatius Loyola: Rules for Spiritual Discernment

FOR PERCEIVING AND KNOWING IN SOME MANNER THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS WHICH ARE CAUSED IN THE SOUL THE GOOD, TO RECEIVE THEM, AND THE BAD TO REJECT THEM.


542 posted on 05/27/2012 9:29:13 PM PDT by stpio
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