This lecture mentioned the etymology and history of the charism. And it explained about the charism by using the Scriptures.
...For our purpose we will discuss first the charisms and then later the gifts. The word charisma or charism is found 75 times in the Chrstian Scriptures.
In the Christian Scriptures, the primary meaning of charism is grace (as in 2 Cor.1; 9 – “the grace of having escape from the danger of death”). Moreover, there is a series of passages that use charism as a grace given in connection to ministry. These are: 1 Cor.12:8-11; 12:28-30; Rom.12:6-8; Eph.4:11-13 and 1 Pet.4:10). Still another two passages use charism in relation to vocation–celibacy/marriage. These are Matt. 19:11 and 1 Cor.7:7. ...
Some Passages on Charism
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12:8-11 – the distinctive gift of being a good teacher or preacher is also charism as the ability to heal, to perform miracles, to discern, to speak in tongues or interpret them.
St. Paul pointed out that there are different special gifts (charismata) in the Church all from one Spirit. At once St. Paul connected these charisms to the different kinds service in the Church caused by the same Lord and God. All these are manifestations of the same Spirit.
Central to the concern of St. Paul is his pneumatic vision of the unity of the Church – the Body of Christ, which is healthy only because every part of it perform its own function for the good of the whole. All charisms come from God through His Spirit and they must be used therefore in God’s service. The charisms mentioned by St. Paul in the passage are: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, performing miracles, prophecy, discerment, speaking in tongues, and interpreting tongues. The list is not exhaustive of course. St. Paul had observed and knew that all these gifts came from and were the works of the Holy Spirit who gave to each person his/her gifts to use for all in the Church….Here, it is even clearer that St. Paul was speaking of charisms as directly connected to the services in the Church. 1