• In Christianity, discernment is the ability to obtain sharp perceptions or to judge well (or the activity of so doing). In the case of judgement, discernment...
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  • or straightforward. In specific contexts, discernment may refer to: Discernment in Christianity Discernment of spirits, a term used in the theology of...
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  • Protestant evangelical and fundamentalist and other Christian ministries ("discernment ministries") and individual activists who oppose religious sects that...
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  • Within Christianity, there are a variety of views on sexual orientation and homosexuality. The view that various Bible passages speak of homosexuality...
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  • Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide as of 2001[update]. Adherents...
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    Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited...
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    is the tradition of mystical practices and mystical theology within Christianity which "concerns the preparation [of the person] for, the consciousness...
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  • adjudicational capabilities of particular individuals, typically called wisdom or discernment. Opposite terms include foolishness or indiscretion. Formal The mental...
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    p. 33. Burton-Edwards, Taylor (2010). "Interfaith Marriage: Pastoral Discernment and Responsibility". The United Methodist Church. Retrieved 30 November...
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    p. 54 Catechism of the Catholic Church, § 2357 and Criteria for the Discernment of Vocation for Persons with Homosexual Tendencies Archived February...
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    In Christianity, exorcism involves the practice of casting out one or more demons from a person whom they are believed to have possessed. The person performing...
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  • Word of Knowledge (category Charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity)
    In Christianity, the word of knowledge is a spiritual gift listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8. It has been associated with the ability to teach the faith, but...
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  • Godawa, Brian (2011). Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom & Discernment. InterVarsity Press. p. 261. ISBN 9780830869534. Indick, William (2004)...
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  • as "immaturity, ignorance, physical handicaps, forgetfulness, lack of discernment, and poor communication skills"). Wesley explains that those born of...
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    the image of God and capable of morality, cooperation, rationality, discernment and so on – that informs how life should be lived, and that awareness...
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    second-century text, The Shepherd of Hermas, it implies "great understanding", or discernment. Metanoia "... was used consistently in the literature of that time to...
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    government organizations such as the Guardian Council and Expediency Discernment Council are subject to the Supreme Leader. According to the constitution...
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    treatment. The scholar Walter Wink, in his book Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination, interprets the passage as ways...
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  • to see in the traditions and scriptures of mainstream Christianity a resource for discernment and spiritual resilience. The 'rule' of humanity, historically...
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    Dioceseduluth.org. Retrieved 2023-08-20. Sarah Reinhard (2020-01-18). "Discernment 101: Father Mike Schmitz Tackles Decision-Making in Light of God's Will"...
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  • December 21, 2014. "Is "Heaven Is for Real" for Real?: An Exercise In Discernment". The Berean Call. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved...
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    increased faith, the gifts of healing, the gift of miracles, prophecy, the discernment of spirits, and speaking in tongues. To these are added the gifts of...
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  • Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with Regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in View of Their Admission to the...
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  • Charismatic movement (category Charismatic Christianity)
    in Christianity is a movement within established or mainstream Christian denominations to adopt beliefs and practices of Charismatic Christianity, with...
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  • as 'ministries'." Believe Not Every Spirit: Possession, Mysticism, & Discernment in Early Modern Catholicism. University of Chicago Press. 15 November...
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  • A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine. Individual bodies...
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  • narrate- were conscious of predicting or anticipating Christ. Rather, the discernment of a figural correspondence is necessarily retrospective rather than...
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  • the doctrinal claims of the other, albeit with the respective roles of Christianity and Islam reversed.: 99  Some Islamic believers feel The True Furqan...
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  • the local church. Because prophecies are subject to the judgement and discernment of other Christians, most Pentecostals teach that prophetic utterances...
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    ISBN 1-56507-215-4 Secret Invasion, ISBN 0-89081-560-7 Seduction of Christianity: Spiritual Discernment in the Last Days, ISBN 0-89081-441-4 Seeking and Finding...
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