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Sevenfold Gifts
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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the gifts of the Holy Spirit; so called from their enumeration in Isaiah 11:1-6. There is an allusion to them in the hymn Veni, Creator Spiritus in the Ordinal (q.v.), thus —
"Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire:
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart."
In a prayer of the Order of Confirmation these gifts are specified as follows: "Daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace — the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength, the spirit of knowledge and true godliness; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of thy holy fear."
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sevenfold Gifts'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/sevenfold-gifts.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sevenfold Gifts'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/sevenfold-gifts.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
