Gifts of the holy Spirit?

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A protestant friend has asked me why the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines seven gifts of the Holy Spirirt as: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. Yet Corinthians 12:8 thru 12:11 list nine gifts as wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy,ability to distinguish between spirits, speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues. Why the difference and where is the back up for the catholic version?
 
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A protestant friend has asked me why the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines seven gifts of the Holy Spirirt as: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. Yet Corinthians 12:8 thru 12:11 list nine gifts as wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy,ability to distinguish between spirits, speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues. Why the difference and where is the back up for the catholic version?
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I’m sure there will be many to follow-up your question, but I think it has something to do with these being the ‘fruits’ of the Spirit, and those mentioned in 1 Cor, the ‘gifts’ of the Spirit.

I’ll let someone else correct me or take it from here…
 
I believe that the Gifts of the Holy Spirit are derived from the book of Isaiah:

But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD, and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD. (Is 11:1-3)JimG
 
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