We have extensive lists of charisms or gifts of the Spirit (I Cor. 12–14; Eph. 4; Romans 12), which we must distinguish from the gift of the Spirit (Is. 11). This is the Advocate, the paracletos, promised to us by Christ:
“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know…
