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What the Fathers say

1 Kings 7:17

Western Saints

Bede

For the number seven is conventionally used to denote the grace of the Holy Spirit, as attested in the Apocalypse by John, who, after saying that he had seen "the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes," went on to add, by way of explanation, "which are the seven spirits of God sent into the whole world." This the prophet Isaiah more clearly explains when, speaking of the Lord who was to be born in the flesh, he says, "And the spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and of …

Of the Temple of Solomon 2.18.10 ↗