Jerome : [Daniel 2:48] "Then the king elevated Daniel to a high position, and gave him many great gifts and set him up as governor over all the provinces of Babylon..." In this matter also the slanderous critic of the Church has ventured to castigate the prophet because he did not reject the gifts and because he willingly accepted honor of the Babylonians. He fails to consider the fact that it was for this very purpose that the king had beheld the dream and that the secrets of its interpretation were revealed by a mere lad, that Daniel might increase in importance and that in the place of captivity he might become ruler over all the Chaldeans, to the end that the omnipotence of God might be made known. We read that this same thing happened in the case of Joseph at the court of Pharaoh and in Egypt (Genesis 41:38-43), and also in the case of Mordecai at the court of Ahasuerus (Esther 8:1-2). The purpose was that the Jews, as captives and sojourners in each of these nations, might receive encouragement as they beheld men of their own nation constituted as governors over the Egyptians or the Chaldeans, as the case might be. — St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO Augustine of Hippo : THE SPIRIT OF GOD. — Shall we meet another man like this, who has in himself the spirit of God? If I am not mistaken, this is already the third time that the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, is insinuated in this book. The first time it was said: “And the spirit of God was carried on the water (Gen. 1:2).” The second time, where God said, "My spirit will not abide in these men, for they are flesh (Gen. 6:3)." The third time here, when Pharaoh says that Joseph has the spirit of God. But the Holy Spirit is not yet said. [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 133 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)