Early Christian Discernment of Spirits: The Pauline Epistles. the Didache. the Epistle of Clement. the Epistle of Barnabas. the Shepherd of Hermas. the First Epistle of John. by Elisabeth Hense (Paperback / softback, 2016)
Based upon a comparative analysis, this book argues that early tions of 'discernment of spirits' are t superior to later ones. Discernment of spirits is t a matter of an apostolically fixed ideal that should be traditionally cleaved to, but, above all, is a continual re-shaping and restructuring of this tradition. Christians were t expected to imitate the discernment of others, but rather were encouraged to make judgments for themselves. Dr. Elisabeth Hense is Assistant Professor for Spiritual Theology at Radboud University Nijmegen (NL).
