<P> The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit is one of several works in Christian devotional literature which follow a scheme of seven . Others include the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer, the beatitudes, the seven last words from the cross, the seven deadly sins, and the seven virtues . </P> <P> The seven gifts were often represented as doves in medieval texts and especially figure in depictions of the Tree of Jesse which shows the Genealogy of Jesus . For Saint Thomas Aquinas, the dove signifies by its properties each gift of the Holy Spirit . </P> <P> Although the New Testament does not refer to Isaiah 11: 1 - 2 regarding these gifts, Roman Catholicism teaches that initiates receive them at Baptism and that they are strengthened at Confirmation, so that one can proclaim the truths of the faith: "The reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace ." For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, (the baptized) are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit . Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed ." </P> <P> According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, these gifts "...complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them ." </P>

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