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Discernment
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Discernment is a term used to describe the activity of determining the value of a certain subject or event. Typically, it is used to describe the activity of going past the mere perception of something, to making detailed judgments about that thing. As a
virtue, a discerning individual is considered to possess
wisdom, and be of good
judgement; especially so with regard to subject matter often overlooked by others.
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Christianity
"Discernment" is also a term used in
Christian tradition to describe the process of discerning
God's
will for one's life. In large part, it describes the interior search for an answer to the question of one's
vocation, namely, determining whether or not God is calling one to the
married life,
single life,
religious life; ordained ministry or
priesthood (
Roman Catholic or
Anglican/
Episcopal) or any other ministerial calling by virtue of
Baptism. The concept is not limited to ordination or vowed life.
All moral conduct may be summed up in the rule: avoid
evil and do
good. In the language of Christian
asceticism,
spirits, in the broad sense, is the term applied to certain complex influences, capable of impelling the will, the ones toward good, the others toward evil.
However, in the restricted sense, spirits indicate the various spiritual agents which, by their suggestions and movements, may influence the moral value of our acts.
Concupiscence, disturbances of the imagination and errors of sensibility, thwart or pervert the operations of the intellect and will, by deterring the one from the true and the other from the good (
Genesis 8:21;
James 1:14). In opposition to our vitiated nature, or so to speak, to the flesh which drags us into sin, the
Holy Spirit acts within us by grace, a supernatural help given to our intellect and will to lead us back to good and to the observance of the moral law (
Epistle to the Romans 7:22-25). Besides these two spirits, the human and the Divine, in the actual order of
Providence, two others must be observed. The Creator willed that there should be communication between
angels and men, and as the angels are of two kinds, good and bad, the latter try to win us over to their rebellion and the former endeavour to make us their companions in obedience. Hence four spirits lay siege to our liberty: the angelic and the Divine seeking its good, and the human (in the sense heretofore mentioned) and the diabolical its misery.
Scriptural basis
The scriptural basis for the discernment of spirits can be found in Galatians 5:16-24. Following the will of the spirit leads to holiness and following the will of the flesh leads to sin. This also opens the door to Satan. The will of the flesh is easy to be foole...
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