Private Revelation
"Extinguish not the spirit. Despise not prophecies. But
prove all things: hold fast that which is good."
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1 Thess 5:19
"At all times, there have not been lacking persons
having the spirit of prophesy, not, indeed, for the declaration of
any new doctrine of faith, but for the direction of human acts.” -
St. Jerome, cited in Summa theologica, II-II. Q. 176, a.6, reply to
obj. 3
