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The Temperament God Gave You
The Classic Key to Knowing Yourself, Getting Along with Others, and Growing Closer to the Lord by Art Bennett, LMFT and Laraine Bennett

SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS

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Manchester, New Hampshire

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Copyright © 2005 Art Bennett and Laraine Bennett Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved Cover design by Theodore Schluenderfritz No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bennett, Art. The temperament God gave you : the classic key to knowing yourself, getting along with others, and growing closer to the Lord / by Art Bennett and Laraine Bennett. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-933184-02-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Temperament — Religious aspects — Christianity. I. Bennett, Laraine. II. Title. BV4509.5.B447 2005 233’.5 — dc22 2005006577

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To Pope John Paul II

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Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
11. What Is Temperament? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 12. Overview of the Four Temperaments . . . . . . . . . . 15 13. Which Temperament Is Mine? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The Choleric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Melancholic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The Sanguine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 The Phlegmatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
14. Understanding Your