Christian Personality Test
Seventy-two quick choices. Then a ten-page portrait of who you are, what trips you up, and where you fit.
- 72Questions
- 8Types
- 15mTo take
The eight types
St Gregory the Great sorted people twice. Once by temper: cheerful, serious, careful or confident. Once by mind: quiet or restless. The eight types are the two together.
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The HearthCheerful · Quiet -
The SparkCheerful · Restless -
The Deep WellSerious · Quiet -
The ForgeSerious · Restless -
The Still WaterCareful · Quiet -
The LookoutCareful · Restless -
The OakConfident · Quiet -
The HeraldConfident · Restless
Tap a type to read about it.
What your report covers
- Your result Your type at a glance, and how common it is. A card to save and share
- Your type What you bring and what it costs you. Where your trap is set, and saints like you.
- Your leanings Twenty ways you lean. Open any one for Gregory’s counsel.
- What you might not have noticed Two of your answers side by side, and what they say together.
- How your anger works Which of Gregory’s four kinds of anger is yours, and his cure for it.
- How you speak Which of four kinds of speaker you are.
- How to help someone like you A short card to send to the people around you.
- Where the fight is for you now Which of the eight thoughts troubles you most right now. How to catch it early. Only you see it
- Your best quality, and its counterfeit Your best quality, and the fake that can pass for it.
- Who you are in Christ, and in the Body Your role in the Body and your spiritual gift. The member you need most. A card to save and share
The saints behind it
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St Gregory the GreatThe test is built on his Pastoral Rule and his Moralia on Job, both from around 590. They sort people by temperament and say what each one needs.
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St Gregory the TheologianGregory the Great names him as his teacher. He wrote that some are led by teaching and others by example, and that no one remedy suits everyone. Your help card follows him.
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St John CassianThe private page follows his eight thoughts, as the desert fathers taught them. Your line in the Body comes from his Conferences.
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The desert fathersThe report draws on their sayings too. One of them, Abba Arsenius, fled the world to pray. In an old story he is seen sailing in silence, with the Spirit of God beside him.
Picture credits
- A Luncheon: the artist, his wife and the writer Otto Benzon, Peder Severin Krøyer, 1893. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- The Wedding Dance, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1566. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- Rebecca and Eliezer, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1660. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- An Iron Forge, Joseph Wright of Derby, 1772. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- Quiet Abode, Isaac Levitan, 1890. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- The Lookout – “All's Well”, Winslow Homer, 1896. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- The Lonely Tree, Caspar David Friedrich, 1822. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- St Paul Preaching in Athens, Raphael, 1515. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Francisco de Goya, 1796-1799. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- Saint Gregory the Theologian, an icon. Alchetron, public domain.
- St Arsenius the Great, fresco in the Church of the Theotokos Peribleptos, Ohrid, Michael Astrapas and Eutychios, c. 1295. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- St John Cassian, medallion in the Sacra Parallela manuscript, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 9th century. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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How to answer
- Two sides, seven points
Pick the side that sounds more like you, and how much. The middle is both or neither.
- Twelve are just for you
Nobody sees those answers, and they never go on your share card.
- Stop any time
Your answers are saved on this device. Come back and pick up where you left off.
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