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The Gift of Understanding
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The GHoly Spirit's
Gift of
UNDERSTANDING
fR. Jaime Abundiz, IVE
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is understanding a gift of the Holy Ghost?
when is it a gift
(Isaiah 11:2): "The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom of understanding."
Understanding implies an intimate knowledge, for "intelligere" [to understand] is the same as "intus legere" [to read inwardly].
This is clear to anyone who considers the difference between intellect and sense, because sensitive knowledge is concerned with external sensible qualities, whereas intellective knowledge penetrates into the very essence of a thing, because the object of the intellect is "what a thing is,"
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Whether the gift of understanding is compatible with faith?
with faith?
a twofold distinction here: one on the side of faith, the other on the part of understanding.
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certain things, of themselves, come directly under faith, such as the mystery to three Persons in one God, and the incarnation of God the Son; understood imperfect
whereas other things come under faith, through being subordinate, in one way or another, for instance, all that is contained in the Divine Scriptures/ the bible. 2+2=4 Understood 100%
Is the gift of understanding merely an expression or also practical?
speculative
or
Practical
(Psalm 110:10): "A good understanding to all that do it."
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Now good actions have a certain relationship to faith: since "faith worketh through charity," according to the Apostle (Galatians 5:6).
The gift of understanding extends also to certain actions, not as though these were its principal object, but in so far as the rule of our actions is the eternal law, to which the higher reason, which is perfected by the gift of understanding, adheres by contemplating and consulting it
Is the gift of understanding in all who are in a state of grace?
GRace
(Psalm 81:5): "They have not known or understood, they walk on in darkness."
In all who are in a state of grace, there must needs be rectitude of the will, since grace prepares man's will for good,
the gift of understanding, He enlightens the human mind, so that it knows some supernatural truth, to which the right will needs to tend.
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Is the gift of understanding found also in those who do not have sanctifying grace?
without grace??
(John 6:45): "Every one that hath heard of the Father, and hath learned, cometh to Me."
whoever has the gift of understanding, cometh to Christ, which is impossible without sanctifying grace. Therefore the gift of understanding cannot be without sanctifying grace.
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Whether the gift of understanding is distinct from the other gifts?
relation
When several things are enumerated together they must be, in some way, distinct from one another,
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Isaiah 11:2. Therefore the gift of understanding is distinct from the other gifts.
piety, fortitude, and fear, is evident, since the gift of understanding belongs to the cognitive power, while the three belong to the appetitive power.
Whether the sixth beatitude, "Blessed are the clean of heart," etc., responds to the gift of understanding?
Beatitude
cleanness of heart; the other by way of reward, viz. the sight of God, as stated above (I-II:69:2; I-II:69:4), and each of these, in some way, responds to the gift of understanding.
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to seeing God, and consists in the heart being cleansed of inordinate affections
complement to the sight of God; such is the cleanness of the mind that is purged of errors, so as to receive the truths which are proposed to it about God,
IS faith, among the fruits, belongs to the gift of understanding?
FRuits
the "faith which is a fruit, is certitude about the unseen." Therefore faith, among the fruits, belongs to the gift of understanding.
something ultimate and delightful, produced in us by the power of the Holy Ghost.
it has the nature of an end, which is the proper object of the will (LOVE)
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What is understanding?
sum up...
- Knowledge is not understanding
- Understanding: facts acquiring meaning
- 'Facts' in a story vs 'understanding' a story; historical facts and different histories
- Multidimensional and overlapping
- Detachment vs empathy
Transferability
What is transfer
- To use knowledge and skills creatively, flexibly, fluently in different setting or problem
- The process of application
- Must be design not by luck and natural disposition
EXPERT BLIND SPOT
tEACHING IS NOT LEARNING
- The belief that if the teacher covers material clearly, students have learnt...???
- To ask what student must come away understanding/what they have understood.
- What counts as evidence of understanding?