Editing Vocation (section)

{{Short description|Occupation to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are especially suited}}
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A '''vocation''' ({{ety|la|[[wikt:vocatio#Latin|vocatio]]|a call, summons}}<ref>Richard A. Muller, ''Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology'' (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House Company, 1985), s.v. "vocation."</ref>) is an [[Work (human activity)|occupation]] to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are suited, trained or qualified. Though now often used in non-religious contexts, the meanings of the term originated in [[Christianity]].

A '''calling''', in the religious sense of the word, is a religious vocation (which comes from the Latin for "call") that may be [[professional]] or voluntary and, idiosyncratic to different religions, may come from another person, from a divine messenger, or from within oneself.