Spirit, and the Spirit uses the Bible to bring sinners to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Scholastic theology tends to elevate the Word unduly, whereas spiritualistic theology is prone to make the Word ancillary to the Spirit. Symeon the New Theologian saw water baptism as only a symbol and the only saving baptism as that of the Spirit. For Symeon the sacrament is empty without the Spirit, just as is the office of the priest. In spiritualism the inner baptism of the Spirit is valued over the outer