Fear of God
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Fear of God or theophobia may refer to fear itself, but more often to a sense of awe, and submission to, a deity. People subscribing to popular monotheistic religions for instance, might fear Hell and
Religious text on a metal plaque set in a stone boulder near the parking area and viewpoint on Hawksworth Road north of Baildon
"Indeed Allah loves the God-fearing" (At-Tawbah:7) Incribed on an arch in the Great Mosque of Xi'an
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts first found in the book of Isaiah, and much commented upon by patristic authors. They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel
Fear of God
…awareness of God’s grandeur and a grateful realization that only in him do our hearts find true peace.” Roman Catholicism counts this fear as one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. In some contexts it is called wonder and awe in God's presence, such as the enumeration of the seven gifts in the Roman Rite of the sacrament of…
Stained glass symbolic representation of the Holy Spirit as a dove, c. 1660.
Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Folio from Walters manuscript W.171 (15th century)
Illustration of the Tree of Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Wellcome Collection)