KnowraDiscernment of spiritsLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Discernment of spirits, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 2Related 8Ignatius of LoyolaRelated: Ignatius made discernment a central skill in prayer and decision-making.Teresa of ÁvilaRelated: Teresa tested visions and locutions rather than treating every unusual experience as divine.ExorcismRelated: Diagnosis determines whether a suspected affliction is treated as spiritual and what response follows.Spiritual ExercisesBroader topic: Rules for interpreting consolation and desolation guide choices throughout the Exercises.CessationismRelated: Cessationist communities use discernment to assess reported gifts and supernatural experiences.First Epistle of JohnRelated: The command to test the spirits gives the community a method for judging competing teachers.Ignatian spiritualityBroader topic: Ignatian prayer uses these movements to distinguish choices that lead toward or away from God.Spiritual giftRelated: Communities use discernment to assess whether a claimed gift is trustworthy.Peter FaberRelated: Faber’s guidance applied Ignatian discernment to people’s inner experiences.Our Lady of AkitaRelated: It frames the religious challenge of assessing extraordinary claims such as Akita's.