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34 is not, however, free from inaccuracies: it is by no means true, for instance, that Gregory of Tours 'expressly declared' that the Holy Spirit is the 'God of the intellect more than of the heart'. This sixth-century writer does not seem to have said more than that the pillar of fire which guided the Israelites was a type of the Holy Ghost.

We are then concerned less with the Hebrew original than with the use which the Christian Church has made of it. There was already a slight improvement in the Septuagint rendering of 'the fear of Yahwè' by εὐσέβεια, or 'reverence'. In the translation back to English of the Greek version we have:

'A spirit of God, a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and might, a spirit of knowledge and of reverence.'

Because of the last word this rendering is perhaps the best, and we will use it here.

Latin is a heavy language compared with Greek and English; and the Vulgate does not help us much, but Latin is a good tongue for strength and common sense. The Vulgate runs: 'Spiritus