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Discernment is the ability to perceive, understand, and judge things clearly, especially those that are not obvious or straightforward. In specific contexts, discernment may refer to: Religion
The process of discernment, within judgment, involves going past the mere perception of something and making nuanced judgments about its properties or qualities. [ 4 ] Discernment in the Christian religion is considered a virtue , a discerning individual is considered to possess wisdom , and be of good judgement; especially so with regard to ...
Discernment is a prayerful "pondering" or "mulling over" the choices a person wishes to consider. In discernment, the person's focus should be on a quiet attentiveness to God and sensing rather than thinking. The goal is to understand the choices in one's heart, to see them, as it were, as God might see them.
Discernment of spirits is a term used in Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Charismatic Christian theology to judge the influence of various spiritual agents on a person's morality. These agents are: from within the human soul itself, known as concupiscence (considered evil) Divine Grace (considered good) Angels (considered good) Devils ...
One may use the power or faculty of judgement to render judgements, in seeking to understand ideas and the things they represent, by means of ratiocination, using good or poor discernment or judgement. Each use of the word judgement has a different sense, corresponding to the triad of mental power, act, and habit.
The videos begin with both people saying, “We listen and we don’t judge” in unison. Many creators, however, seem to struggle with the not judging part, responding with shocked faces and open ...
26. Περὶ διακρίσεως (On discernment of thoughts, passions and virtues; on expert discernment; brief summary of all aforementioned) 27–29: Acquisition of hesychia, or peace of the soul, of prayer, and of apatheia (dispassion or equanimity with respect to afflictions or suffering) 27.
Lawrence Blum (1994) distinguishes moral perception from moral judgment. Whereas a person's judgment about what the moral course of action would be is the result of a conscious deliberation, the basis for that process is the perception of aspects of one's situation, which is different for each person. Moral perceptions are also particular in ...