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Volume 37 · pp. 171–172
Question 116. Whether she had discernment of spirits?
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QUAESTIO CXVI. Utrum habuerit discretionem spirituum?
Sequitur: Alii discretio spirituum 1. Glossa: « Ut discernant quo spiritu fiant. »
Quod autem hanc habuerit in summo beatissima Virgo, probatur hoc modo:
1. I ad Corinth. II, 15: Spiritualis homo judicat omnia: sed ipsa improportionabiliter aliis spiritualis fuit: ergo ipsa improportionabiliter aliis omnia judicavit: ergo super omnes discretionem spirituum habuit.
2. Item, Paulus non ignoravit astutiam sapientium, sicut dicitur, I ad Corinth. III, 19. Et ecce plusquam Paulus.
QUESTION 116. Whether she had discernment of spirits?
There follows: To another, discernment of spirits 1. The Gloss says: “That they may discern by what spirit things are done.”
But that the most blessed Virgin had this in the highest degree is proved in this way:
1. 1 Corinthians 2:15: The spiritual man judges all things. But she herself was spiritual disproportionately beyond others. Therefore she herself judged all things disproportionately beyond others. Therefore she had discernment of spirits above all.
2. Likewise, Paul did not ignore the astuteness of the wise, as is said in 1 Corinthians 3:19. And behold one more than Paul.
3. Item, In Vitis patrum: Quis evitabit hos laqueos? Responsum est: Sola humilitas: sed ipsa improportionaliter omnibus fuit humilis: ergo improportionabiliter fuit indeceptibilis universis.
4. Item, Numquam fuit decepta.
5. Item, Proprium est spiritus nequam tentare de superbia: ipsa autem summe fuit humilis: ergo a spiritu superbiae maxime fuit invincibilis. Sic patet, quod discretio spirituum in summo fuerit in beatissima Virgine 2.
3. Likewise, in the Lives of the Fathers: Who will avoid these snares? The answer is: humility alone. But she herself was humble disproportionately beyond all. Therefore she was disproportionately undeceivable beyond all.
4. Likewise, she was never deceived.
5. Likewise, it is proper to the wicked spirit to tempt concerning pride. But she herself was supremely humble. Therefore she was especially unconquerable by the spirit of pride. Thus it is clear that discernment of spirits was in the most blessed Virgin in the highest degree 2.
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