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Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. Stained glass symbolic representation of the Holy Spirit as a dove, c. 1660. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts first found in the book of Isaiah, [1] and much commented upon by patristic authors. [2] They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 April 2024. Views of the founder of Calvinism John Calvin believed that Scripture is necessary for human understanding of God's revelation, that it is the equivalent of direct revelation, and that it is both "majestic" and "simple." Calvin's general, explicit exposition of his view of Scripture is ...
The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew: מִשְלֵי, Mišlê; Greek: Παροιμίαι; Latin: Liber Proverbiorum, "Proverbs (of Solomon)") is a book in the third section (called Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible traditionally ascribed to King Solomon and his students later appearing in the Christian Old Testament. [1] When translated into Greek and Latin ...
Book of Sirach. The Book of Sirach (/ ˈsaɪræk /) [a], also known as The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach[1] or Ecclesiasticus (/ ɪˌkliːziˈæstɪkəs /), [2] is a Jewish literary work, originally written in Biblical Hebrew. The longest extant wisdom book from antiquity, [1][3] it consists of ethical teachings, written approximately ...
Ecclesiastes (/ ɪ ˌ k l iː z i ˈ æ s t iː z / ih-KLEE-zee-ASS-teez; Biblical Hebrew: קֹהֶלֶת, romanized: Qōheleṯ, Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστής, romanized: Ekklēsiastēs) is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and part of the Wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament.
The Catholic theology of Scripture has developed much since the Second Vatican Council of Catholic Bishops ("Vatican II", 1962-1965). This article explains the theology (or understanding) of scripture that has come to dominate in the Catholic Church today. It focuses on the Church's response to various areas of study into the original meaning ...
e. In Western Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word. [1] In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word.
The phrase credo ut intelligam is often associated with Anselm's other famous phrase fides quaerens intellectum [3] [2] ("faith seeking understanding"). [ 2 ] The phrase is based on a sentence of Augustine of Hippo ( crede ut intellegas , [ 4 ] lit. "believe so that you may understand") [ 5 ] [ 2 ] to relate faith and reason .