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| A '''gift''' is the transfer of something without the [[expectation]] of receiving something in return. Although gift-giving might involve an expectation of [[reciprocity]], a gift is something given freely. | | A '''gift''' is the transfer of something without the [[expectation]] of receiving something in return. Although gift-giving might involve an expectation of [[reciprocity]], a gift is something given freely. |
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| When [[material]] [[Artifacts|objects]] are given as gifts, in many [[cultures]] they are [[traditionally]] packaged in some [[manner]]. For example, in Western culture, gifts are often wrapped in wrapping paper and accompanied by a gift note which may note the occasion, the recipient's name, and the giver's name. In Chinese culture, red wrapping connotes luck. | | When [[material]] [[Artifacts|objects]] are given as gifts, in many [[cultures]] they are [[traditionally]] packaged in some [[manner]]. For example, in Western culture, gifts are often wrapped in wrapping paper and accompanied by a gift note which may note the occasion, the recipient's name, and the giver's name. In Chinese culture, red wrapping connotes luck. |
− | ==Spiritual Gifts==
| + | <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''Giving''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Giving '''''this link'''''].</center> |
− | In [[Christianity]], spiritual gifts (or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charism charismata]) are [[endowments]] given by the [[Holy Spirit]]. These are the [[supernatural]] [[graces]] which [[individual]] Christians need to fulfill the [[mission]] of the [[church]]. They are described in the [[New Testament]], primarily in 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, and Ephesians 4. 1 Peter 4 also touches on the spiritual gifts. The gifts are related to both seemingly "[[natural]]" abilities and seemingly more "[[miraculous]]" abilities, but all spiritual gifts are empowered by the [[Holy Spirit]]. Spiritual gifts are distinguished from other graces of the Holy Spirit, such as the [[fruit of the Spirit]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Gifts_of_the_Holy_Spirit Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit], in that the charismata are to be used for the benefit of others while the fruit of the Spirit and the Isaiahan gifts result in [[personal]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctification sanctification]. The two major [[opposing]] theological positions on the nature of the charismata are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessationism cessationism] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuationism continuationism][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_gifts]
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− | ==Further reading== | + | ==See also== |
− | * Marcel Mauss and W.D. Halls, Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies, W. W. Norton, 2000, trade paperback, ISBN 0-393-32043-X | + | *'''''[[Spiritual Gifts]]''''' |
− | * Lewis Hyde: The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, 1983 (ISBN 0-394-71519-5), especially part I, "A Theory of Gifts", part of which was originally published as "The Gift Must Always Move" in Co-Evolution Quarterly No. 35, Fall 1982.
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− | * Jean-Luc Marion translated by Jeffrey L. Kosky, "Being Given: Toward a Phenomenology of Giveness", Stanford University Press, 2002 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8047-3410-0.
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| + | No one can give if he is |
| + | concerned with the result of giving. That is a [[limitation]] on the giving itself, |
| + | and neither the giver nor the [[receiver]] would have the gift. [[Trust]] is an |
| + | essential part of giving; in [[fact]], it is the part that makes [[sharing]] possible, the |
| + | part that guarantees the giver will not lose, but only gain. Who gives a gift |
| + | and then remains with it, to be sure it is used as the giver deems |
| + | appropriate? Such is not giving but [[imprisoning]]. - [[ACIM Manual for Teachers - Section 6|ACIM Manual for Teachers]] |
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