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Criteria for discerning supernatural phenomena

The set of criteria developed by Catholic tradition to assess whether an extraordinary phenomenon — apparition, locution, miracle, charism — comes from God, from nature, or from the devil, from the great doctors to the Vatican Norms of 2024.

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