Gk. 'things given'. Or put another way, 'stuff from grace'. A charisma is given, not earned or bought. It is given by the Spirit, not by a leader or a church body. These gifts are given not to save, but to empower the saved.
Confessional documents present a specific approach to the truths revealed in Scripture.
The idea that Jesus Christ was a totally divine being who only appeared to be human. Any idea that assigns a low worth to the material world and a high value to that which is deemed 'spiritual' will tend toward this idea. It is a form of dualism, and like other dualisms it was rejected by the early church as not being in keeping with what Christ was about. The idea that Jesus was a human being and not at all divine, but Jesus was given certain charismatic gifts by God's spirit which set him apart from other people. Because of what God gave Him, Jesus was deemed the Messiah or Christ, but that meant only that He was chosen by God, not that He was savior of all humankind.