CCC 801

It is in this sense that discernment of charisms is always necessary. No charism is exempt from being referred and submitted to the Church's shepherds. "Their office (is) not indeed to extinguish the Spirit, but to test all things and hold fast to what is good,"²⁵⁴ LG 12; cf. 30; 1 Thess 5:12, 19-21; John Paul II, Christifideles Laici, 24. so that all the diverse and complementary charisms work together "for the common good."²⁵⁵ 1 Cor 12:7.