<P> The Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit is an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts originating from patristic authors, later elaborated by five intellectual virtues and four other groups of ethical characteristics . They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord . </P> <P> The seven gifts are found in the Book of Isaiah 11: 1 - 2, where the Biblical passage refers to the characteristics of a Messianic figure understood by Christians to be Jesus Christ empowered by the "Spirit of the Lord". </P>

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